After a warning on Thursday and again on Saturday, the country remains under yellow alert this Sunday. Météolux has issued a strong wind warning for the whole country, valid from 2am until 6pm. Wind gusts of between 65 and 75 km/h are to be expected.
And hang on to your umbrellas because it’s going to keep raining. Météolux is forecasting frequent showers, especially in the morning, with accumulations of 7 to 10 litres of rain per m2.
Temperatures will be generally in line with the season, between 7 and 10ºC.
France is also facing Domingos, which Météo-France believes to be “less severe” than its predecessor. However, this second storm could spread further damage to areas already affected by Ciarán, which caused at least two deaths and 47 injuries in France. And this new low-pressure front is likely to complicate repairs to the power grid, which were still underway, with around 250,000 homes still affected at midday on Saturday.
In Europe, the storm has caused at least 17 deaths, including two in Belgium, one in Spain, one in Germany, one in the Netherlands, six in Italy and four in a shipwreck in Portugal.
Although they are natural phenomena, floods, cyclones and droughts can be amplified by global warming caused by human activity. For example, wave-submergence phenomena on the coast are likely to become more dangerous as sea levels rise due to melting ice.
