Our partner The weather channel * has placed two departments on orange alert for a Cevennes episode expected in the coming hours.
These departments are:
Gard and Hérault
.
Strong thunderstorms are expected with a risk of hail and strong gusts of wind.
Accumulations of 2 to 3 weeks of precipitation are possible in 24 hours.
Here are our partner's forecasts:
Saturday morning, a deterioration is taking place near the Cévennes.
Thunderstorms come up from the Mediterranean and are accompanied by a strong morning wind with gusts of more than 70 km / h.
On Saturday afternoon, the heavy precipitation associated with thunderstorms blocked the relief of the Cévennes Héraultaises and Gardoises and to a lesser extent Ardéchoises.
The accumulations become significant and runoffs and floods are to be feared in these sectors.
* The weather channel is a company of the Figaro group
