Torrential rains and a strong wind hit the Bouches-du-Rhône department at the very beginning of the morning, creating disturbances on the A8 motorway. It was closed while all the vehicles were repaired.
The images are impressive this Tuesday morning on surveillance videos in which we see stationary cars early in the morning and across the A8 motorway in Aix-en-Provence in the direction of Italy due to pavement flooding.
Traffic is gradually returning to normal on the A8. It was closed during the intervention of the emergency vehicles, “is open again, as are the entrance ramps at junctions 30b Pont de l’Arc and 31 Aix Val St André“, Indicate the services of Autoroutes Marseille on social networks.
“Sometimes, hourly intensities up to 170mm / h for a few minutes. Particularly in the Northeast of 1pm currently.”, says Paul Marquis meteorological expert in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Several internet users reacted to the publication, specifying cumulative rainfall, such as 28 mm in Aubagne or 30 mm in Carnoux.
The meteorologist specified that this stormy episode was short and moved towards the departments of the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes.
The Pompiers13 they demand maximum vigilance, especially on the roads.
Even the sun returned to Marseille with a beautiful blue sky.
