More Violent Storms in France: More than 70 Departments Placed on alert this Monday

The weather in France will once again be marked by storms. Météo-France have placed 70 Departments on alert for severe weather and rain-flood alert. Here is the forecast for Monday 4th May 2026.

After a May 1st weekend marked by storms, the start of the week will be too. Indeed Météo-France have placed 72 departments on alert for this reason this Monday 4th May 2026 in there 6 a.m. newsletter.

Some departments are also placed on alert for rain-flood.

The list of departments on alert this Monday, May 4, 2026:

- Aisne thunderstorms
- Allier thunderstorms
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Hautes-alpes : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Ardèche : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Ardennes thunderstorms
- Ariège thunderstorms
- Aube thunderstorms
- Aude thunderstorms
- Aveyron thunderstorms
- Bouches-du-rhône : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Calvados thunderstorms
- Cantal thunderstorms
- Charente thunderstorms
- Charente-maritime thunderstorms
- Cher thunderstorms
- Corrèze thunderstorms
- Creuse thunderstorms
- Dordogne thunderstorms
- Drôme : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Eure thunderstorms
- Eure-et-loir thunderstorms
- Finistère thunderstorms
- Gard : rain-flood, thunderstorms, floods
- Haute-garonne thunderstorms
- Gers thunderstorms
- Gironde thunderstorms
- Hérault : rain-flood, thunderstorms, floods
- Ille-et-Vilaine thunderstorms
- Indre thunderstorms
- Indre-et-loire thunderstorms
- Landes thunderstorms
- Loir-et-Cher thunderstorms
- Loire thunderstorms
- Haute-loire thunderstorms
- Loiret thunderstorms
- Lot thunderstorms
- Lot-et-Garonne thunderstorms
- Lozère thunderstorms
- Maine-et-Loire thunderstorms
- Manche thunderstorms
- Marne thunderstorms
- Mayenne thunderstorms
- Morbihan thunderstorms
- Nièvre thunderstorms
- Nord thunderstorms
- Oise thunderstorms
- Orne thunderstorms
- Pas-de-calais thunderstorms
- Puy-de-dôme thunderstorms
- Pyrénées-atlantiques thunderstorms
- Hautes-pyrénées thunderstorms
- Pyrénées-orientales thunderstorms
- Sarthe thunderstorms
- Paris thunderstorms
- Seine-et-marne thunderstorms
- Yvelines thunderstorms
- Deux-sèvres thunderstorms
- Somme thunderstorms
- Tarn thunderstorms
- Tarn-et-Garonne thunderstorms
- Var : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Vaucluse : rain-flood, thunderstorms
- Vendée thunderstorms
- Vienna thunderstorms
- Haute-vienne thunderstorms
- Yonne thunderstorms
- Essonne thunderstorms
- Hauts-de-Seine thunderstorms
- Seine-st-denis thunderstorms
- Val-de-marne thunderstorms
- Val-d’oise thunderstorms
- Andorra : thunderstorms

The forecast for this Monday

In the morning this Monday, the sky will be “low and gray in the Basque Country going up towards Poitou-Charentes, Brittany and Hauts-de-France”, indicates Météo-France. “Fog, locally dense, is installed from Normandy to the Belgian border. ”

“Clouds largely dominate the rest of the country where frequent showers occur, they are stormy from Languedoc to the Rhône valley” and the south of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.

In the afternoon, the rains intensify and become lasting in Languedoc and the PACA region and reach Corsica but the stormy aspect is less marked.
Météo-France

“Everywhere else, clearings are rare, showers frequent, punctuated by thunderclaps, with a risk of hail falling in Occitanie”, continues Météo France.

The easterly wind will remain strong on the Mediterranean coast, reaching 70 to 80 km/h at peaks. In terms of temperatures, the minimums will be between 8 and 14 degrees, the maximums between 16 and 20 degrees.