
You too can download the communication kit and help spread the word about the right behaviour to adopt!
Communication kit
Stay indoors
Postpone any trips out, whether it is on foot or by car.

Avoid travelling
Leave your children at school or at a daycare centre. They will be safe there.

Go upstairs
Either stay or go inside a building. Go upstairs.

Cut off supply networks
If possible, cut off any gas, electricity and heating supply, without putting yourself at risk.

Avoid driving
Just a few centimetres of flowing water can be enough to sweep away a car. Do not go out in your car or stay inside it.

Do not go underground
Do not go into a basement or underground car park.

Stay away from waterways
Stay away from waterways, riverbanks and bridges. To avoid lightning, do not take shelter under a tree.

Stay informed
Keep up-to-date with the situation and observe instructions issued by the emergency services and/or the local council.

Look out for others
Look out for vulnerable and isolated people, and communicate via SMS to leave any telephone lines available for the emergency services.

Prepare a 72-hour emergency kit
How can I keep up-to-date with the situation?
How can I find out about an upcoming risk of intense rainfall and/or flooding?
Météo-France will issue weather warnings for all citizens and public authorities in the event of dangerous weather events, for the current day and the next day. These weather warnings are additional to the usual weather reports.
The Vigicrues network from the Ministry of Ecology Transition and Territorial Cohesion is concerned with issuing flood warnings. To keep up-to-date with flood warnings, the Vigicrues application is available to download free-of-charge. This application sends personalised warnings directly to your mobile phone in the form of notifications, as well as any characteristics and current information about the waterways in the area vigicrues.gouv.fr.
During the event, how can I keep up-to-date with the situation?
Stay informed and listen to the safety advice issued by the town hall and local authorities, via their usual means of communication (website, social media), and via radio stations France Inter and/or France Info.
Only call the fire brigade in cases of emergency.
What exactly is a Mediterranean episode?
A reinforced prevention campaign
In 2022 and for the 7th edition, the Ministry of Ecology Transition and Territorial Cohesion, with support from the Ministry of the Interior, re-issued its annual information and acculturation campaign, studying the population exposed to Mediterranean intense rainfall, flowing water and torrential flooding.
A study with a panel of citizens representative of the French population (study carried out by IFOP, June 2022) demonstrated that citizens are still not sufficiently aware of the risks, have not understood the responsible behaviour to adopt, and tend to believe that they are not concerned by these events.
With these results in mind, the 2022 campaign was redesigned and is now focussed on the correct behaviour to adopt, that people were previously unaware of.



Communication kit: responsible behaviour, spreading the word
The French Government has produced a communication kit that is available to all, and offers a quick and easy way to pass on information as to how to react in the event of intense rainfall or flash floods.