A violent storm causes damage last night in Occitania

And thunderstorm violent swept the Languedoc Last night, as planned for our weather bulletin. The storm has circulated in eastern Hérault, particularly in the Lunel country. He then crossed the southern plains of the Gard department, touching the sectors of the Small Camargue, from Vistrenque, part of the Nîmes basin and the Rhône valley.

Uprooted trees, lying down, runoff

The storm caused damage in particular due to Strong gusts of windcausing the uprooting of trees and leaving lying down trees On the ways. The trains from Nîmes Center displayed significant delays, some of more than 2 hours and others suppressed.

“It looked like a jet plane was in the garden”

Lightning damage has also been noted with trees caught fire. On the side of Beaucaire (Gard), the accumulation of precipitation was very important, causing streams. “At 1:30 am, on the night of Sunday to Monday in Yamarda huge gale with heavy rain. It looked like a jet was in the garden, sending the chairs walking ”, testifies a reader on our social networks.

Return of the sun this Monday

This Monday is the return to calm with the sun and seasonal temperatures. Be careful, however, New thunderstorms are expected during the week, especially next Wednesday. We will come back to this in the weather bulletin on Monday evening. Some videos and photos below:

⛈️⚡️ and #thunderstorm Violent swept away the country of Lunel, the Vistrenque, the little Camargue and the Rhône valley last night. Many damage with lying and uprooted trees following the very strong gusts of wind, soaring tiles and hailstorms. Caution on … pic.twitter.com/F0OQ31MTXu

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