Overview

• Seven departments remain on orange vigilance for rain and flooding, with Bouches‑du‑Rhône, Var and Vaucluse also on orange for thunderstorms after Lozère, Gard and Ardèche were downgraded at 06:00.
• Overnight rainfall reached exceptional levels, including 159 mm in six hours at Uzès, 123 mm at Orange and 65 mm at Marignane, confirming forecasts of stationary storm cells.
• Prefectural orders closed schools on Monday and suspended school transport, with reopening set for Tuesday and two heavily damaged Marseille schools remaining shut until Thursday for repairs.
• Local impacts include a crisis cell in the Aix‑Marseille area, power cuts affecting about 1,000 households around Orange, and reports of hail, frequent lightning and strong gusts.
• Météo‑France warns the risk persists through Monday evening, with cumulative totals of 100–150 mm and up to 200 mm locally possible if storms remain quasi‑stationary.