A depression is taking place in the west of Brittany, "
which is quite unprecedented at this time of the year
", notes La Chaîne Météo *.
Nine departments are on orange alert: Manche, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Creuse and Corrèze.
Strong gusts of wind can reach 90 km / h.
Nine departments are placed on orange alert.
The Weather Channel
This depression will cause abundant accumulations of rain.
In Brittany, they can reach 30 to 50 mm in 36 hours, locally 60 mm, which represents two weeks to a month of precipitation.
From Limousin to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 20 to 50 mm will fall in the space of a few hours under the strongest storms.
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The stormy wave should affect this small north-western quarter of France on Friday late afternoon and evening.
A lull will be felt until Saturday noon before the resumption of new very heavy thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.
* The Weather Channel is owned by the Figaro group.