Corsica orange flood warning for Thursday November 5, Digi Mart USA News (Corsica, France): Météo-France has placed both departments of Corsica under an orange rain-flood alert for Thursday, November 5, according to its latest bulletin. The weather service describes a disturbed situation over the Mediterranean, particularly along the eastern coast of Corsica, with durable rainfall that could produce heavy accumulations.
For now, the first storms have begun on the Corsican coastline and remain isolated. Météo-France says they will become more numerous and intensify during the evening and early night.
Accumulations are expected to become significant from the end of the night, especially over the eastern relief.
Under these showers, hourly intensities should approach 20 to 30 mm per hour, temporarily reaching around 50 mm per hour. Météo-France says total accumulations across the episode should reach 150 to 200 mm widely, and could locally exceed 300 mm over the relief.
Météo-France also warns that a durable, temporarily stormy Mediterranean episode will affect southern France starting Wednesday, November 4. It initially concerns the coastline from Hérault to Var.
Expected accumulations on Wednesday are generally 30 to 50 mm from Roussillon to Provence, and locally 70 to 100 mm along the coasts of Hérault and Gard.
On Thursday, November 5, the forecaster expects rainfall to strengthen around the Gulf of Lion, with easterly to southeasterly winds still fairly strong. Accumulations could reach 50 to 70 mm, locally 150 mm in Hérault and Gard.
In addition to these two departments, Var, Bouches-du-Rhône and Alpes-Maritimes are under a yellow rain-flood alert.
The report was published on November 4, 2026 at 4:52 p.m. and was written by Guillaume Dosda for 6Médias with L’Express.
