Météo France has placed, Tuesday, November 20, the Gard department in orange vigilance for high risk of flooding. The episode will be brief, until Wednesday at midnight, but very intense.
Météo France has placed the Gard in vigil orange rain-flood until Wednesday, November 21, at midnight, because of a brief but very intense stormy episode that can cause flooding. " The worrying nature of this rainy episode is the abundance of rainfall over a relatively short period, the risk of flooding is high," said the meteorologists in a statement.
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Firefighters in the Gard have announced that they have positioned a group of water rescuers in Vauvert and have reinforced the strength of eight barracks. "The soil is already saturated, urban runoff will be notable and the overflowing ditches along the road , " added the fire department, recommending "the utmost caution when traveling" .
In the early evening, "virulent storm cells have circulated on the south of the Gard between Grau-du-Roi and Nîmes," said Météo France. " These storms gave hail, strong electrical activity and very heavy rainfall. "
#EnDirect: A strong storm and # storm axis is maintained on the #Gard department for the next two hours. Strong accumulations expected especially on the south of this department.
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In the second half of the evening, "stormy cells must then go back to Nimes and give strong accumulations of rain in a short time sometimes up to 30 mm in less than one hour. These very heavy rains continue but gradually shift towards the Rhone and leave the department in the middle of the night, add the forecasters. The accumulations expected on the episode are very strong on an axis stretching between Nîmes and Grau-du-Roi between 70 mm and 100 mm, locally 120 mm. "