A new department has been added to the six already placed on orange alert for the risk of flooding. Some are also on alert for rain-flooding and risk of avalanches.
Vigilance in certain departments. Indeed, Deux-Sèvres, Gironde, Dordogne, Corrèze, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie have been placed on orange alert for rain-flooding and risk of flooding according to the latest Weather report. France, this Monday, December 11. An avalanche risk is also present for the departments of Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie. Finally, a risk of wave-submersion is indicated for the Gironde.
“Precipitation is well established in the Alps, it is lasting and sometimes sustained, it generally occurs in the form of snow above 2200 to 2400 meters but in certain massifs we still observe snowfall at lower altitudes (c “is temporary). Since the start of the episode we have reached 30 to 40 mm of precipitation in places, particularly in Isère” indicates Météo France this Monday, December 11. Precipitation in the Alps is expected to last all day Monday. This episode could cause a reaction of watercourses and locally mudslides or even landslides.