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De grosses intempéries sont attendues dans la soirée. ILLUSTRATION UNSPLASH/Météo France – Elijah Hiett/Météo France

This Sunday, September 22, 2024, Gard and Hérault are on orange alert for storms and rain-flooding. The precipitation that has already hit the Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude is shifting eastward. In the coming hours, heavy accumulations are expected.

The essentials

This Sunday, Gard and Hérault are on orange alert for rain, flooding and storms. Between 80 and 100 mm of rain could fall in the next few hours, up to 120 mm in Gard. From 6 p.m., Montpellier, then Nîmes and Alès are at risk of being hit by major storms. Already, Perpignan and Narbonne have been swept by thunderstorms, and even hail. 4:41 p.m.

From 6 p.m. in Gard and Hérault

On orange alert since this morning, Gard and Hérault have not experienced any significant rain for the moment. The worst of the episode is expected there from 6 p.m., a situation that justified this alert level for storms and rain-flooding.

Warnings this Sunday. Météo France. 16:39.

Stationary thunderstorms ?

The thunderstorm cells could remain in place for a certain time, although Météo France has no certainty on the matter at the moment: “The rainfall intensities could be high and the cells could locally take on a relatively unmobile character, particularly in the east of Hérault and in Gard.”

16:38.

Situation to follow

“Episode of heavy autumnal stormy rains usual for the season and the regions concerned but deserving special vigilance due to high accumulations expected locally in a short time, which could generate occasional phenomena of intense runoff” , warns Météo France .

4:37 p.m.

The rain is coming to Narbonne

The episode is shifting from west to east and has already reached the city of Narbonne where the showers are starting.