Flooding and strong wind alerts for north and northwestern France
Weather warnings have been issued by M茅t茅o France and will last until later tonight
Several French departments are under weather alerts for strong winds and flooding
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National weather forecasting service M茅t茅o France has placed several departments in north and northwestern France under weather alerts for flooding and strong winds.
Pas-de-Calais is on an orange warning for high river levels and potential flooding and a yellow warning for wind and heavy rain.
The departments of Ardennes, Nord, Somme, Oise, Seine-Maritime, Val d鈥橭ise, Yvelines, Eure, Calvados, Manche, Morbihan, C么tes d鈥橝rmor and Finist猫re are also under yellow alerts variously for wind and flooding.
Further south, Rh么ne is also on a yellow warning for flooding.
Finally, the coastline of Gironde, Landes and Pyr茅n茅es-Atlantiques have a yellow warning for powerful waves.
In Pas-de-Calais, water levels are especially high around the Liane and Hem rivers, which could break their banks today (January 12) around Wirwignes and Gu茅my.
鈥淭he unsettled weather episode which has affected the country for the past few days has made the soil wet, especially in the north and north-east,鈥� M茅t茅o France has said.
To find out more about the conditions in Pas-de-Calais, you can check the Vigicrues .
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