VIDEO. Weather: electricity cuts, an ignite palm, closed service stations, the collateral damage caused by lightning

This Saturday. Meanwhile, July 12, a stormy episode touched all of Occitania and around, with locally torrential rains, especially on the Aude, the Pyrénées-Orientales (both placed in orange vigilance for thunderstorms) and Hérault (yellow alert).

And these heavy rains caused floods of streets. Meanwhile, roads and dwellings, or stuck cars by rising waters, like here in Bessan and Saint-Thibérys in Hérault.

These thunderstorms and rains were also accompanied by intense electrical activity.

When it does not light up animals. human beings, lightning can cause fires, or damage the electrical circuits by creating what is called “a transient overvoltage”.

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More than 12,000 lightning impacts were noted in 24 hours by the Kéraunos laboratory, including 5,000 for the only three aforementioned departments. And this lightning did some damage this Saturday, in Occitania and elsewhere.

In Dordogne in the evening, 3,800 households were deprived of electricity in several municipalities.

In the Aude, a flash struck a palm tree that ignited in Narbonne-Plage.

In the Hérault, lightning would have impacted the operation of the Super U service station in Roujan, which will be closed at least until Tuesday July 15, “where our technicians will intervene for the necessary repairs”, commonqiue the supermarket management. Other service stations would have been forced to close temporarily after thunderstorms, in Pézenas, Maraussan and Cazouls.

In Ariège, a vehicle was struck video. weather: electricity cuts, ignite while driving in the town of Rieucros, the La Dépêche du Midi report. Its driver will be left for a big fright.