The weather situation is improving this Thursday in France. While up to 58 departments had been placed in orange alert for thunderstorms On Wednesday, no department is in this situation in the 06-hour-weather bulletin in Météo-France.
Many departments, east of a line ranging from Seine-Maritime to Bouches-du-Rhône, are on the other hand in yellow thunderstorms. This same color is used for a heat wave alert In the Rhône, Isère, Drome, Vaucluse, Gard, Ardèche and the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Drop in temperatures
Météo-France also announces a notable drop in temperatures this Thursday, after the pluvio-storming episode. The hot weather will no longer concern as the Mediterranean.
On Wednesday, thunderstorms of exceptional intensity left at least two dead including a 12 -year -old teenager. He was killed by the fall of a tree near Montauban. In Mayenne, a 59 -year -old man died after struck a tree that fell on the road.
Our planet file
The bad weather has also caused numerous material damage, especially in the southwest with “large and eggs” hailstones. In Paris, a violent thunderstorm caused gusts of wind reaching 112 km/h, falling trees and disturbances, in particular the interruption of traffic on line 14 of the metro and a temporary suspension of debates in the National Assembly due to a water leak. In total, more than 34,000 lightnings were identified throughout the country.
