Thunderstorms and heavy rain announced this Monday: 19 departments on alert, what should we expect ?

Des orages sont attendus. MIDI LIBRE – JEAN MICHEL MART

Ce lundi 26 mai, 19 départements situés dans le quart sud-est de l’Hexagone ont été placés en vigilance jaune par les services de Météo France.

The storms are back in the south-east of France. After a sunny weekend in the region, gloomy weather is expected this Monday.

France weather busy weather in Occitanie with "light to moderate rain stretching in the morning from the Pyrenees to the south of the Massif Central, then to the Rhône valley at midday, sometimes taking on a stormy character".

Heavy rain in the Cévennes

"In the afternoon the stormy rains shift to the east of the Rhône, with the Mediterranean rim experiencing only a few passing showers. The total rainfall is a little more significant from the Cévennes to the Alps", continue the forecasters who have placed 19 departments, i.e. the entire south-eastern quarter of the country , on yellow alert this Monday.

22 departments are on yellow alert. Meteo France

Concretely, meteorologist Gilles Matricon of La Chaîne Météo announces "cumulative rainfall of 20 to 40 mm with peaks of 50 to 60&nbsp ;mm in the Ardèche Cévennes as well as in the north of Rhône-Alpes, corresponding to 10 to 15 days of precipitation".

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"This situation can lead to urban runoff, or even very local flooding near low points", adds- he. Caution is required and it is advisable to keep an eye on the evolution of the situation.