Corsica faces severe weather with yellow alerts for rain-flood and thunderstorms, with potential for 200 mm rainfall and 100 km/h winds.
Corsica weather alert upgraded
Corsica has been placed on a yellow alert for "rain-flood" and "thunderstorms," with worsening weather expected to begin tomorrow night. Heavy rain forecast for eastern Corsica
According to Météo-France forecasts, rain will intensify on the eastern part of the island, which is expected to receive the most rainfall over the next 48 hours. Violent thunderstorms and heavy rainfall
Sophie, a forecaster at the Météo-France center in Ajaccio, said that potentially violent thunderstorms are expected tomorrow in the late afternoon, arriving from the west with rainfall accumulations that could reach 150 to 200 mm. Strong wind gusts accompanying storms
The weather deterioration is also expected to bring strong wind gusts. Under the storm line arriving from the west, wind gusts could locally reach 100 km/h, arriving with the line of thunderstorms and affecting Corsica in the late afternoon before crossing it. Orange alert strongly considered
In response to the situation, a move to an orange alert for Corsica for tomorrow is strongly considered by weather officials.
