Overview
- Météo‑France keeps Aude on orange alert for floods and the Pyrénées‑Orientales on orange for both heavy rain and flooding, after Haute‑Corse spent part of the day under orange for rain‑flooding.
- Since Thursday, 70 to 130 mm of rain has fallen around Perpignan with 120 to 150 mm expected over the event and local peaks near 180 to 200 mm, according to the latest bulletins.
- Rising waters inundated streets in communes such as Estagel and Rivesaltes, vehicles were swept away, multiple roads were closed, and firefighters carried out several dozen interventions.
- Vigicrues warns of significant overflow risk on the Orbieu and Berre in Aude and on the Agly in the Pyrénées‑Orientales, with authorities urging residents to avoid flooded routes and riverbanks.
- In Haute‑Corse, heavy rain caused a bridge collapse and numerous emergency callouts, while about 600 households in the Pyrénées‑Orientales were told their tap water was temporarily unfit for consumption; separately, a cold snap led roughly twenty departments to activate the plan grand froid after the coldest Christmas since 2010.