The violent thunderstorms that are killed this Wednesday evening in France left at least two dead. A provisional assessment, confirmed by Colonel Alexandre Joussard, assistant to the Operational Civil Security Management Center.
In Tarn-et-Garonne, a 12-year-old child who was with the family north of Montauban, near a stream, was killed by the fall of a tree.
In Mayenne, a 59-year-old man died in Saint-Cyr-en-Pail (Mayenne) when he struck a tree fallen during the storm.
According to Mayenne, the man driven a quad, around 7:20 p.m., while the storm fell to the department. The firefighters tried to revive the fifties who ended up succumbing to his injuries.
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Météo-France had placed Mayenne in Orange Thunderstorms from 6 p.m. on Wednesday. 57 departments had in total been placed in orange alert for thunderstorms on the 7th day of an early national heat wave where the 40 ° C bar was again crossed.
Météo-France had triggered these population alert levels “given the risk of associated violent phenomena (hail, gusts, heavy rain and high electrical activity)”, a consequence of the heat peak which made 35 ° C exceeded on large regions of metropolis.
