France's Pyrenees-Orientales placed under orange alert for rain and flooding
Neighboring Herault and Aude, previously under orange alert, were downgraded to yellow on Saturday afternoon, Le Monde reports.
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The French department of Pyrenees-Orientales has been placed under an orange weather alert for rain and flooding, according to a report by Le Monde.
The neighboring departments of Herault and Aude, which had been under orange alert on Saturday morning, were downgraded to a yellow alert for rain and flooding by Saturday afternoon, the report said.
France's weather alert system uses a color-coded scale, with orange indicating a significant risk requiring heightened vigilance and yellow signaling a lower, more moderate level of risk. Alerts are issued by Meteo-France, the national weather service, and are typically used to inform local authorities and residents of expected hazardous conditions.
The cited report did not specify forecast rainfall totals or expected duration of the alert in Pyrenees-Orientales.
Southern France has experienced periods of heavy autumn rainfall in past years, occasionally leading to localized flooding in low-lying areas.
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