Floods: Corrèze on alert, abundant rains expected in the South-West

The weather on Tuesday will be dominated by a new rainy disturbance with the maintenance of orange alert for floods in 14 departments in the southwestern quarter of France, according to forecasts from our partner La Chaîne Météo *.

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The Corrèze was on alert on Monday evening due to the floods expected in the department.

Vigicrue, the watercourse monitoring site, has placed a section “

” in red vigilance, evoking an “

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flood

of the Maronne river.

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”, one mentions.

Météo France, for its part, placed Corrèze in red vigilance and 19 departments in orange vigilance.

The south-west of France is particularly affected by these floods.

The Weather Channel

"As the soils are saturated and no longer absorb precipitation, the rivers are in generalized flood and the warmth in the mountains only worsens the situation with additional volumes of water flowing towards the rivers descending of the Massif Central and the Pyrenees ”

, analyzes La Chaîne Météo.

According to our partner, rains are expected overnight from Monday to Tuesday in the departments of the southwest quarter, a disturbance "

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* The Weather Channel is a company of the Figaro group