While several regions are already facing exceptional floods, storm Pedro will bring significant new accumulations, warns La Chaîne Météo.
It had never rained for so long in France: with 35 consecutive days of rain, the country recorded its longest series of days of precipitation since measurements began in 1959, beating the 2023 record, Météo-France announced on Wednesday. The series includes the period from January 14 to February 17, with the accumulation of precipitation leading to flooding in several places in the country. The series could continue to lengthen as further precipitation is already forecast.
As noted The Weather Channel*France is now under the influence of a deep depression called Pedro, responsible for very turbulent weather over a large part of the country. In Brittany and the North-West, the rains are sustained and sometimes heavy, with significant accumulations on already saturated soils, maintaining a marked risk of floods and floods.
On the Atlantic coasts, the situation is also being monitored due to strong swell combined with high tidal coefficients (97), posing a risk of marine submersion.
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Rains which will “replenish current floods” or “maintain them”
New rains expected Wednesday and Thursday with Storm Pedro will “replenish current floods” or “maintain them”warned Lucie Chadourne-Facon, the director of Vigicrues, on Wednesday, while four departments in the west of France are on red alert. “These new rains will have the effect of replenishing the current floods or at least maintaining them, it will depend on the rivers”she said during a press conference.
“From Friday, we have drier weather which should set in in these regions” more “stopping rain does not mean stopping flooding” et “the return to normal will then be very gradual”, warned Lucie Chadourne-Facon. “We are going to have a lull in the precipitation from Friday, but that does not stop the flood dynamics which are underway,” she summarized.
*The Weather Channel belongs to the Figaro Group
