The victim “fell from her 5-meter scale” in the town of Saint-Cyr while he was trying to intervene on her roof, and another person was seriously injured by falling from his toe in Devrouze, “in conjunction with the stormy episode in progress,” the firefighters of Saône-et-Loire told AFP, where many roofs have been damaged or took off.
Météo-France raised orange vigilance to nine northeast departments at 8:00 p.m.. Consequently, after the passage of strong winds between 70 and 90km/h or even more locally, hail falls and “intense electrical activity” in the afternoon.
The rain-leaning disturbance “requires special vigilance in connection with the ewesome rain,” she warned in her bulletin published at 8:20 p.m. In addition, Ain. the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Gard, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie, Haute-Savoie and Vaucluse remain concerned.
In the Jura. where the gusts of wind thunderstorms rain-innum: dead man, 13 have reached up to 105km/h locally, the thunderstorms required 130 interventions by firefighters and 6,100 people are deprived of electricity, said its prefecture.
“Road managers are at the eye to evacuate the branches. trees fallen on the tracks but the traffic conditions can remain difficult,” she added.
On social networks, images show strong winds, hailstorms and trees lying on the roads in the departments concerned. In the Allier, violent winds have “swirled” and damaged or torn off the roofs in several municipalities, firefighters told AFP. Some 1,300 homes are deprived of electricity according to the prefecture.
The Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Hautes-Alpes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie and Vaucluse are also placed in orange rainy-rude vigilance from 8:00 p.m. to 6 a.m. The accumulation of rain can reach 100 mm on the PACA departments concerned and the Gard.
“These accumulation can cause problems of mud and/or streamlings,” warns Météo-France.
At 9:00 p.m., Savoy thunderstorms rain-innum: dead man, 13 firefighters said they were “overwhelmed” by interventions, particularly due to thunderstorms.
Vigilance storm will only concern Alpine and South departments on Monday, until 6:00 am.