It doesn’t stop… After the Ciaran and Domingos storms, it’s the turn of the storm named Frederico to sweep through France. It arrived during the night from Wednesday to Thursday from the west and will affect a large part of the country in the coming hours. Some regions are very worried, particularly in Brittany and Hauts-de-France where the damage from the latest bad weather is already spectacular. Should we actually fear the worst?
According to Météo France forecasts, Frederico’s depression should be much less of a concern than Ciaran and Domingos were. Certainly, the wind will blow strongly, particularly over the next few hours over the northern half of France, from the Channel coast to the north of Aquitaine. Gusts will be around 60-80 km/h inland, up to 90 km/h in places notably near Poitou and in the English Channel, up to 100 km/h on the Atlantic coast and the Channel coasts. But we will be far from peaks at 200 km/h recorded with storm Ciaran.
In the evening, the strong wind will reach the Belgian borders, the regions of Hauts-de-France and the Grand Est. Wind gusts will reach 90 km/h in places and peak on the Auvergne mountains and the Vosges ridges at up to 100-110 km/h. The Puy-de-Dôme department will also be on orange wind alert from midday.
The rain returns to Hauts-de-France
Rain will also be there, in abundance in places. After a brief lull, Hauts-de-France will still be particularly affected. Accumulations could reach 20 millimeters in Nord-Pas-de-Calais 20 mm, or even locally 30 to 40 millimeters. The departments of Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Vendée and Charente-Maritime were placed on orange alert for floods.
During the night from Thursday to Friday, the disturbance will be concentrated along the eastern borders, including in Provence and Corsica, Météo France predicts. During the night, the wind could blow strongly with gusts of 110 km/h in the interior of the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes, 120 km/h in Corsica up to 140 km/h on the terrain.