Announced strong rains in the Var and Bouches-du-Rhône - Le Parisien

Alert heavy rains. Var was placed in amber alert “rain-flood”, Météo-France, Sunday. After the severe floods that hit the department in mid-January, new disturbances from the Atlantic are expected between Sunday and Monday.

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“We are waiting on the episode, either ten hours, from 80 to 100 mm on the southern half of the state, the largest of rain falling in less than six hours,” says Météo-France.

southerly winds cause waves and rising sea levels that oppose drainage by coastal rivers also affirms the body. Also threatened by floods, the department of Bouches-du-Rhône was also placed in amber alert “flood”, even if the rains tend to weaken. In western France, three departments are kept in red alert after the passage of the storm “Ruth.”

The new depression called “Stephanie” back from Portugal and concern Monday throughout the Southeast and the Pyrenean foothills, accompanied by heavy rain, heavy snowfall and strong gale Corsica Provence, says Meteo Consult. The operator announced a significant risk of flooding and flooding due to soil already fully saturated with water.

Snow abundant beyond 1200 meters

Sunday evening, the wind increases rapidly in the Southwest, including the Pyrenees with gusts over 140 km / h at altitude. On the night of Sunday to Monday, heavy rains are taking place in Provence Côte d’Azur and reinforce throughout the day Monday progressing to the Languedoc and Corsica. Occurring on waterlogged soil, saturated with water, the rain runs off quickly and may cause floods in rivers or localized flooding, especially in the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes up towards the Cevennes.

In the mountains, heavy snow above 1200 meters, with amounts that become very important from 1500 meters (up to 50 cm of fresh snow). At the same time, Monday midday, with the wind shift to the northwest, gusting to 100-110 km / h on the Aquitaine coast, accompanied by strong squalls expected. These severe weather persist until mid / late night of Monday to Tuesday, Tuesday morning before an expected improvement.