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Overflows are expected Tuesday morning in Bordeaux (Gironde)

Gironde Placed on Orange Alert for Risks of Floods

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The municipalities of the Garonne-Dordogne confluence have been on orange alert since Monday 9th March 2020. In Bordeaux (Gironde), overflows are expected Tuesday morning. This Monday, March 9, 2020, the Gironde-Adour-Dordogne flood forecasting service placed all of the municipalities of the Garonne-Dordogne confluence in orange vigilance, the Prefecture announced today. Strong tides The triggering of vigilance is linked to a period of very strong tides, […]

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The department of Manche is placed on the alert yellow storms and rain-flood by Météo France this Thursday, March 5. The disturbances should only concern the start of the day.

Weather: The Manche Placed on the Yellow Alert for Thunderstorms and Floods

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Meteo France placed the department of Manche on the alert for thunderstorms and floods on Thursday 5th March. This yellow alert essentially concerns the start of the day. After the storms, make way for thunderstorms. Meteo France has placed the department of Manche on the yellow alert for storms, heavy rain and floods. This alert concerns the first half of the day on Thursday 5th […]

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12 departments are still on orange alert due to storm Ciara

Storm Ciara: 12 Departments Placed on Orange Alert, at Least Seven Dead

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Storm Ciara has killed at least seven people since Sunday 9th February 2020 in Europe and dozens injured. In France, twelve departments are still on alert this Tuesday. The storm Ciara has since Sunday 9th February 2020 at least seven dead in Europe and several injured, causing hundreds of flight and train cancellations in its path and depriving thousands of homes of electricity . In France, […]

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In Australia: after the fires, floods ravage the east of the country

Australia: After the Fires, Floods Ravage the East of the Country

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Heavy rains hit southeast Australia, much to the relief of farmers. But this torrential rain turns out to be a double-edged sword. In heavy rain fell on Friday, January 17, 2020 fire that ravaged eastern Australia, to the relief of some farmers who have already lost a significant part of their livestock and crops. The rain has given a […]

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14 South West departments and Corsica in orange alert for wind, rain anjd floods

Violent Winds and Floods: 14 South West Departments and Corsica in Orange Alert

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Due to heavy weather (strong winds, rain-floods, waves-submersion), Meteo France has extended the orange alert to 16 departments, this Friday 13th December  Attention to those in the South West of France and Corsica. This Friday 13th December 2019, Meteo France has expanded the orange alert for violent winds, rainfall, flood waves, to 16 departments.  These are: Ariège, Aveyron, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Haute-Garonne, […]

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Bad weather: the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var in red alert for "rain and floods"

Bad Weather: Alpes-Maritimes and the Var in Red Alert for “Rain and Floods”

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Meteo France has placed the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var in red alert for “rain and floods”. The Vaucluse, the Drôme and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are in an orange alert. Meteo France has just updated its weather report. From now on, the Maritime Alps and the Var are placed in red alert rain and floods . The Vaucluse, the Drôme, and the […]

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An intense Mediterranean episode will hit the south-east of France, where five departments, Var, Gard, Herault, Lozere and Ardeche, were placed on orange alert storms and rain-flooding.

Thunderstorms, Rains, Floods, Strong Winds: Eleven departments of the South-East on Orange Alert

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An intense Mediterranean episode continues in the south of France this Saturday 23rd November 2019. Météo France has placed 11 departments in orange alert for storms and rain-flooding and strong winds, anticipating an intense Mediterranean episode in the south of France for Saturday. In its 6 o’clock bulletin, Meteo France judged that the current episode of intense rainfall required […]

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11 departments placed on orange alert

Snow, Ice, Floods, Thunderstorms … 11 Departments of the East and South-East on Orange Alert

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All the Rhone Valley and the Côte d’Azur are placed on orange alert because of a strong weather phenomenon, which starts this Thursday 14th November. The forecasts Snowfall, heavy rains, thunderstorms, strong winds and strong waves. The East and the South-East are going to be affected by a strong enough weather phenomenon as early as Thursday 14th November 2019 in […]

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The Pas-de-Calais on orange alert for possible floods

The Pas-de-Calais Placed on Orange Alert for Floods

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WEATHER: Many streams are full in the area around Pas-de-Calais after heavy rains and placed on orange alert for possible floods The Pas-de-Calais was hit, in the night of Monday to Tuesday, by slight floods. “Cumulative rainfall” have notably overflowed the Liane, a river that flows into the Channel at Boulogne-sur-Mer. “Since Monday late afternoon, continuous and significant rains have watered the […]

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Thunderstorms and floods: nine departments of the South now in orange vigilance

Thunderstorms and Floods: Nine Departments of the South Now on Orange Alert

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Meteo France has extended the orange alert concerning Occitanie to Provence and the Côte d’Azur. Nine departments of the South and South-East are now placed in orange alert for storms and rain-floods by Meteo France this Wednesday 23rd October 2019.  These are six departments of Occitanie : Aude, Aveyron, Gard, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales, plus the Alpes-Maritimes (on the coast), the Bouches- du Rhône , Var and Vaucluse . The departments of Aude […]

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