Three departments in red vigilance, the forecasts worry

The floods are expected to continue in the northwest of France on Wednesday, January 29, with the passage of the Ivo storm. Météo France has also extended red vigilance for “floods” to three departments: Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique were added to the Ille-et-Vilaine which is in the grip of intense rain and important floods Since the passage of the Eowyn storm last weekend. The Breton department has even observed unpublished floods with “exceptional levels observed on the Vilaine and the cuttlefish”.

In its point of 6 hours, this Wednesday, Météo-France confirms that “depression called” Ivo “circulates off Brittany bringing new rains and heavy gusts of wind to the northwest of the country”, even ‘He is “not envisaged to worsen the level of vigilance for the moment,” said the weather station. In addition to red vigilance, four other departments are on orange alert for “floods”: Calvados, Orne, Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire. Please note, “for the rain parameter on Finistère and Morbihan”, Météo France warns that “worsening of the level of vigilance is possible”, at the end of the day this Wednesday.

Wind gusts up to 110 km/h in Finistère

In the morning, a new rainy wave invaded the Atlantic facade and the northwest quarter. “The rainy weather extends during the day on Normandy and then to the Belgian borders in the evening and the following night. The most marked rains go back to the north of the Seine and near the Channel,” said Météo-France.

On the other hand, “according to the evolution of the position of the depression at the end of the day on Wednesday, an aggravation of the level of vigilance is possible for the” wind “parameter on finistère and for the” rain “parameter on finistère And Morbihan. Atlantic and Brittany.