SOUTH-EASTERN FRANCE — A RED RAIN WARNING FOR GARD AND EASTERN HÉRAULT

On the board · September 30, 2026 →

PEAK · September 30, 2026 · NO. 0930

THE WATER

A red rain-flood warning covers the Gard and eastern Hérault until midnight, with 200 to 300 mm widely and up to 400 mm in places, at 50 to 80 mm an hour. Schools across the Gard are shut and public transport has stopped; across the Pyrenees, Spain's red warnings have ended.

THE RECORD

3 turning points on record since Sep 28.

Sep 30↑ intensified sharply

Sep 29reclassified severe → water · building → peak · became confirmed

Sep 28reclassified quiet → severe · no-signal → building · moved onto the top line · intensified sharply

WHO IT TOUCHES

Public safetyA flood toll of 40 in Thailand, a red deluge in the Gard, and evacuations below an overtopped dam in New Mexico.

AviationStorms over southern France's airports, Surigae near the Izu Islands, and rain across the US Southwest.

AgricultureThai rice provinces under water, Languedoc vineyards under red rain, and chile country in the Hatch Valley evacuated.

Live events & venuesA shut-down day in the Gard, and flood watches across the US Southwest and Plains.

CONNECTED

Rivers rising on two continents — the Cévennes takes a red deluge while Ecuador's Pacific rivers are already over their banks..

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

Forecasters have placed Gard and eastern Hérault under a red alert for heavy rain and flooding from an intense Mediterranean storm. Weather communicators described the system as a strong Cévennes event capable of rapid, localized downpours, reinforcing the official forecast while underscoring the immediate flood risk to those areas. Their accounts focus on the storm’s strength and the need for residents to prepare for significant rainfall accumulations.

MA@Maximmeteo35Sep 29Forecasters placed Hérault and Gard under red alert for heavy rain and flooding from a strong Cévennes storm.
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ME@meteo_suresteSep 29Officials issued a red alert for heavy rain in Hérault and Gard due to an intense Mediterranean weather event.
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