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Glenn Gillet
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Station at high risk floods in Essonne. Météo-France has just placed the department, in vigilance orange Rain-innon from 10 p.m. this Wednesday, July 23, 2025 and until Thursday, July 24, afternoon, in addition to a vigilance jaune Regarding the risk of violent thunderstorms. The rest of the Île-de-France is also affected by these two vigilances, as well as five neighboring departments.
Up to 80mm of the rain possible
In its details of detailed vigilance, the National Meteorological Institute evokes a “Pluvio-storm episode causing in places important cumulation and therefore requiring particular vigilance”, specifying that “on the episode, cumulative 40 to 60mm will often be reached” and that “locally, 80mm are possible ».
“Note that there are strong uncertainty about the location of the strongest cumulation, no area is to be excluded although the probability is more marked on the southern half of the Yvelines, Paris Small Crown, Essonne And the Seine-et-Marne, “it is indicated in the bulletin published this afternoon.
Météo-France specifies that first thunderstorms started to be observed in the Paris basin. “They are for the moment of moderate intensity” but “will become more and more frequent on the departments placed in orange rainy-rude orange”.
The rain episode should only end tomorrow: “In the afternoon of Thursday, the rains are gradually destroying and again took on the appearance of more scattered but always locally strong storm showers, especially in the east and the south-east of the area”, specifies Météo-France.
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