Pas-de-Calais placed on orange “rain and flood” alert for Wednesday. The north of France will be swept by bad weather on Wednesday.

More information to come on the Parisien website, indicates Météo France. The region has been hit several times in recent months by floods. It could see its rivers overflow once again, according to the weather agency. The alert is in place until Wednesday evening at the earliest. The weather agency says the worst of the weather is expected to be in the north.