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In addition to heat wave vigilance, make way for thunderstorms. Wednesday August 13, 12 departments are in orange in the center and the southern half. A violent storm episode has already occurred on the side of Briançon (Hautes-Alpes).
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While lightnings tear the sky, motorists are blocked in the middle of the night on a road north of Briançon (Hautes-Alpes). “There are five centimeters of mud and pebbles on the road”share one of them. In the distance, the occupants of a car managed to escape. The bad weather also caused a landslide in the Ubaye valley (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). The rocks broke the windshield of a van, fortunately without injury.
In the south of the Gironde in Hostens, a hundred firefighters are lighting offenders to fight against a fire caused by lightning. He is now under control. “”[Dans la nuit du mardi 12 au mercredi 13 août]we had a wave of thunderstorms that impacted the department, triggering several fires, including Hostens, who burned five hectares in pines under 20 years of age “details Cyril Bouzats, captain of the Gironde firefighters and chief of column Southwest grouping.
Finally, in Aveyron, a resident filmed from his house a torrent of water and hail pouring into the small village of Boyne (Aveyron). This storm episode is not over. The Hautes-Alpes and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence were placed in orange vigilance in thunderstorms until midnight.