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Five departments of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur placed in orange vigilance to thunderstorms, rain and floods

The alert concerns the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the Alpes-Maritimes, the Bouches-du-Rhône, the Var and the Vaucluse.

Meteo France has placed five departments of the Southeast in orange vigilance to thunderstorms, rain and floods, Thursday, June 4. The alert concerns the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the Alpes-Maritimes, the Bouches-du-Rhône, the Var and the Vaucluse. It is valid until 4 p.m.

A “strong rain-storm degradation” will extend from the lower Rhône valley to Provence and then to the Côte d’Azur, in the course of Thursday, note Météo France. Forecasters warn of thunderstorms accompanied by strong gusts of wind and occasional hail. “Problems of local flooding and runoff are therefore to be watched”, They specify.

“The expected accumulations are of the order of 50 to 80 mm, occasionally 100 to 120 mm”, and “the hourly intensities can be locally of the order of 50 to 70 mm”. “In the south of the country, we have already noted 70 to 80 mm in less than two hours near Tarascon” (Bouches-du-Rhône), reports Météo-France. These bad weather should persist until the afternoon, before leaving for Italy “. “In the back, isolated thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon before disappearing in the early evening of Thursday“, add the forecasters.

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