10 new departments on orange alert before the arrival of the storm in the west of France

Strong winds, rain, waves… After Ciaran, the Domingos depression is expected to hit the west of France this Saturday, November 4.

Météo-France will place 10 new departments on orange alert this Saturday, November 4, in the evening as the storm Domingos approaches, which will cause “violent gusts of wind” on the Atlantic coast, meteorologists indicated in their latest bulletin.

Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Charente and Gironde will go into orange “wind” vigilance from 6 p.m.

Charente-Maritime, Gironde, but also Bouches-du-Rhône and Var will also be placed on alert for “waves-submersion” at the same time. Corsica-du-Sud and Haute-Corse will go into “rain-flood” vigilance at 7 p.m.

Pas-de-Calais remains on orange alert for floods.

Emmanuel Macron called this Thursday to remain “extremely cautious” this weekend due to the new weather events which are expected to affect the country.

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