Heavy rains and thunderstorms are currently falling in the south of France, in the Massif Central and especially in Languedoc.
According to La Chaîne Météo *, they can cause flooding and flooding.
At the same time, powerful thunderstorms go up from the southwest towards the central regions as far as Burgundy and Rhône-Alpes.
This stormy instability should reach Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur next night, which is why the alert has been extended to the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes.
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The Weather Channel places seven departments on orange alert: Hérault, Gard, Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Aveyron, Cantal and Lozère.
In the Massif Central, between 100 and 250 mm could fall, corresponding to 1 to 2 months of precipitation, against 40 to 100 mm under the most active cells in the South-West, or the equivalent of 15 days to a month of rain. .
Finally, there is a risk of hail and gusts to 80 km / h under the most violent storms in the Southwest.
45 departments are placed on alert.
The Weather Channel
In addition, the department of Gard was violently affected by bad weather.
On the move, the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, assured that a person was still missing and that he would ask to trigger the state of natural disasters.
This allows the systematic compensation of victims of damage caused by natural agents.
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* The Weather Channel belongs to the Figaro group.