Corsica placed on orange vigilance strong winds, flights from Nice and Marseille canceled
“In the late afternoon and evening, the gusts often exceed 100 to 120 km / h on the west coast and the Bastia region“, specified the meteorological organization, which noted gusts of up to 115 km / h in Bastia.
“These gusts are expected to be even stronger in the mountains, in the Cap Corse region and on the eastern plain south of Alistro, with values that can reach 120 to 140 km / h intermittently, locally a little more“, warns Météo-France, which has also placed Corsica on yellow wave-submersion alert.
These strong winds caused disruptions in transport, with in particular the cancellation of several flights departing from or arriving in Bastia and coming from or going to Paris, Marseille and Lyon.
A flight to Nice has been canceled
Flights to or from Calvi from Marseille, Nice and Paris have also been cancelled. In Figari, a flight to Nice was canceled and another from Marseille was diverted to Ajaccio, according to the airport’s website.
School transport has also been anticipated from 3:00 p.m. for establishments in the far south of the island, from the coast to Sari-Solenzara, and for certain eastern lines of Alta Rocca, the hinterland. country of Sartène, indicated the prefecture of Corse-du-Sud.
On the maritime transport side, the Marseille-Propriano and Marseille-Ile Rousse crossings of Corse Linea are disrupted on Monday with later arrivals on Tuesday, indicated the website of the shipping company.
In Ajaccio, pedestrian promenades were closed as a precaution while in Bastia, all sports facilities were closed from 6 p.m.
“The strongest gusts of wind on Corsica are associated with (a phenomenon of) breaking from the relief. This potentially violent phenomenon can be very sudden and occur over a very short period of time. The danger therefore comes both from the intensity of the phenomenon and from the surprise effect it caused.met in Météo-France guard.
The prefecture of Haute-Corse had indicated Sunday in a press release, while the island was still placed only in yellow vigilance, that “maximum wind“had to happen”from midday until evening“before gradually weakening overnight from Monday to Tuesday.