Météo France places a red vigilance department this Monday morning for floods, and eight in orange alert. The weather station invites you to “stay at home” and “do not use your car”.
Herminia continues to fall on the northwest quarter of France this Monday, January 27. Five departments are placed in orange vigilance for floods, it is Eure, Calvados, Orne, Mayenne and Maine-et-Loire. An alert which concerns a very specific time slot, between 1 p.m. and midnight, for the moment. On the other hand, a department was placed on a red alert for Crues by Météo France: Ile-et-Villaine. The weather station specifies that the disturbance circulates “from the southwest to the east of France” this Monday.
For its part, the wind blows on the Atlantic coasts. It even strengthens this morning this afternoon in and evening this morning. It should be limited to the coastal, “an aggravation of vigilance is not planned at this stage, it is still necessary to consult the next publications of vigilance”, warns Météo France, in its 6 -hour bulletin, this Monday . Two departments were placed in orange alert for the “Vague-Submersion” parameter, it is Finistère and Morbihan.
Wind gusts up to 110 km/h on the Atlantic facade
This Monday morning, “the wind blows a little less between 60 and locally 80 km/h from the Rhône-Alpes in the northeast quarter. Rafales of 80/100 km/H still sweep the Pyrenean relief. , time becomes more changing with a few showers, sometimes stormy and gusts by the sea. In the afternoon, the most regular precipitation shifts to the Rhône-Alpes region, the Franche-Comté and the East Paca ” , indicates Météo France.
On the rest of the country, gusts of wind will be able to reach 70 or even 90 km/h in the land and from 90 to 110 km/h on the Atlantic facade and Breton coast at the tip of the Cotentin, especially at the end of the day. Also note that a department has been placed in orange vigilance for “avalanches”, these are Hautes-Alpes. “The risk of avalanche risk index is” Fort-4 “for this Monday on the Massifs des Hautes-Alpes except the Dévoluy (…) large avalanches can be triggered under precipitation on Monday. These avalanches will be able to reach altitude infrastructure as well as mountain roads on display, “Météo France alert this morning.
Latest updates
09:14 – The cuttlefish and the Vilaine Médian in red vigilance
The cuttlefish and the vilaine median will continue to rise on Monday and Tuesday, and could reach exceptional levels close to the 2001 flood, according to Vigicrues. They were placed in red vigilance. “Unfortunately the flood peak has not yet been reached,” said the mayor of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré, in a statement this Sunday.
08:51 – Towards an absolute monthly record for precipitation in Rennes?
The city of Rennes has now recorded 170 mm of precipitation since the beginning of the month. “The January 1995 record is now broken. The absolute monthly record for the station (every month combined) is 193.6 mm (October 1966). It could be exceeded by Wednesday,” announced this Monday morning Brittany on X.
08:23-Record floods in Rennes (Ile-et-Villaine)
Unheard of since 1981. Rennes and its surroundings have been struck by historical floods since this weekend, after the passage of the Herminia depression. The surveys carried out at the Saint-Martin lock testify to the magnitude of the phenomenon: 1m39, it is almost as much as 44 years earlier (1m57 in 1891). The flood peak is not yet reached in the region.
08:17 – Waves -submersion: 6 new departments on Tuesday
From tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, the orange alert for “waves-submersion” should extend to the entire Atlantic facade of the country. For the time being, if Finistère and Morbihan are concerned; The alert could extend to the following departments according to Météo France: Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Charente-Maritime, Gironde, Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
08:06-Ile-et-Villaine in red vigilance for “floods”
This Monday, January 27, in its point of 6:20 am, Météo France activated red vigilance for the department of Ile-et-Villaine concerning the “raw” parameter. At the same time, five departments are also placed in orange alert for the same risks, still in the northwest quarter of the country: Orne, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Calvados and Eure. In the grip of avalanches, the Hautes-Alpes were placed in orange alert by the weather station, the avalanche risk index being “Fort-4” for this Monday.
For Monday January 27, 2025:
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