Heavy rain, risk of flooding: Pas-de-Calais and the North placed on orange alert. Floods which could cause further flooding are anticipated, even if the risk is “limited” The anticyclone which has protected France for several days gives way to a “disturbed” west to southwest flow.
A calm will occur in the evening this Thursday before the arrival of “further showers during the night and the day on Friday” The significant precipitation will occur on saturated soils, in connection with the exceptional rainfall of recent months.