France on alert as deadly storms continue
The Local France - [email protected]
Published: 24 Aug, 2015 CET.
Updated: Mon 24 Aug 2015 11:23 CET
Summer storms that killed three people over the weekend are set to continue, with the national weather agency warning for more wild winds and potential flooding on Monday.
Météo France, the country's meteorological service, issued orange alert warnings for 14 départements in France on Monday.
That's the second-highest warning level and asks the public to be "very vigilant".
The areas on alert are: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Ardèche, Charente-Maritime, Drôme, Gard, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres, Vaucluse, Vendée and Vienne (see map below).
(Photo: Météo France)
The agency noted that there will be exceptionally strong winds - up to 100km/hr in some areas - and torrential rainfall.
Rough seas are expected to send huge waves crashing along the Atlantic coast in the west, with the agency noting that there are risks of flooding.
On the south-eastern side of France, strong winds and thunderstorms are predicted to continue. Météo France forecast that rainfall of up to 15cm could hit in a very short time.
Orages [EN IMAGES] à #Montpellier : rive du Lez, près d'Arènes et Père Soulas pieds dans l'eau http://t.co/QSbWyiVkje pic.twitter.com/ZdY9Y3ruhC
— Midi Libre (@Midilibre) August 23, 2015
(Click the link in the tweet above to see more images of the weekend floods in Montpellier)
Torrential rain and subsequent flooding took the lives of three French people over the weekend. An elderly couple died in Montpellier after their car washed away, and a Parisian on holiday in southern France died when his caravan toppled over in the wind.
Rail traffic was also delayed after a mudslide hit the tracks in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, but trains were running as normal again by Monday morning.
Monday's weather warnings are in place until 8pm, with more information to come in the agency's 4pm bulletin.
Comments
See Also
Météo France, the country's meteorological service, issued orange alert warnings for 14 départements in France on Monday.
That's the second-highest warning level and asks the public to be "very vigilant".
The areas on alert are: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Ardèche, Charente-Maritime, Drôme, Gard, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres, Vaucluse, Vendée and Vienne (see map below).
(Photo: Météo France)
The agency noted that there will be exceptionally strong winds - up to 100km/hr in some areas - and torrential rainfall.
Rough seas are expected to send huge waves crashing along the Atlantic coast in the west, with the agency noting that there are risks of flooding.
On the south-eastern side of France, strong winds and thunderstorms are predicted to continue. Météo France forecast that rainfall of up to 15cm could hit in a very short time.
Orages [EN IMAGES] à #Montpellier : rive du Lez, près d'Arènes et Père Soulas pieds dans l'eau http://t.co/QSbWyiVkje pic.twitter.com/ZdY9Y3ruhC
— Midi Libre (@Midilibre) August 23, 2015
Torrential rain and subsequent flooding took the lives of three French people over the weekend. An elderly couple died in Montpellier after their car washed away, and a Parisian on holiday in southern France died when his caravan toppled over in the wind.
Rail traffic was also delayed after a mudslide hit the tracks in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, but trains were running as normal again by Monday morning.
Monday's weather warnings are in place until 8pm, with more information to come in the agency's 4pm bulletin.
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.