Europe 1 with AFP 11:55 am, November 28, 2021
Eleven departments are also maintained until Monday in vigilance orange snow and ice, said Météo France.
These are Ain, Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Corrèze, Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes- Pyrenees.
The Pas-de-Calais department was placed on orange vigilance on Sunday morning for "flooding" reported Météo France, with flooding of the Lys, Lawe and Clarence rivers.
Since the night of Saturday to Sunday, "significant rainfall has fallen on Hauts-de-France and should last until early Sunday afternoon," reported the Vigicrues site.
In Pas-de-Calais, "the Lys upstream and Lawe-Clarence rivers", tributaries of the Escault, "have started to react to this precipitation and localized overflows are observed in these sectors".
"The levels of these rivers should continue to rise this afternoon and significant overflows could occur" on these sections ", warned Vigicrues.
Significant flooding is possible
Under these conditions, "significant flooding is possible" which could affect traffic conditions, the electricity supply or submerge the dikes, recalls the site.
Eleven departments are also maintained until Monday in vigilance orange snow and ice, said Météo France.
These are Ain, Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Corrèze, Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes- Pyrenees.