Météo France has placed three departments on orange alert, including two in Occitanie (Gard and Lozère). Conditions are expected to worsen this Thursday.
The rain continues to fall. This Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 4 p.m. Weather France placed three departments on orange alert, including two in Occitanie (Gard and Lozère), due to an autumn episode in the Cévennes. Conditions are expected to worsen this Thursday. In fact, the meteorological organization has put nine departments on orange alert: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Correz, Lot, Tarn, Aveyron, Lozère, Gare, Ardèche and Alpes-Maritimes.
5 departments of Occitania in orange on Thursday
Thus, from Thursday, 5 departments will be classified as orange in the region: Lot, Tarn, Aveyron, Lozère and Gard. Regarding this Thursday, Vigi Météo France explains that “in Correz, Lot, Tarn and Aveyron, the rain and storms will start in the afternoon and continue until Friday early morning. Showers will become persistent in the evening and next night with thunderstorms, up to 30 to 50mm could fall in 2 to 3 hours.
