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Violent thunderstorms left two dead::
Temperatures must come down around 30 ° this Thursday except on the Mediterranean periphery. Nevertheless, Orange vigilance with storms has been lifted throughout the country. In addition,
A 12 -year -old teenager was killed by the fall of a tree near Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) During the storm episode which struck in the night from Wednesday to Thursday France. Nevertheless, where orange vigilance was lifted in all the departments concerned.
The teenager was killed at Picquebos By a tree carried by a burst of wind. Furthermore, the chief of staff of the prefect of Tarn-et-Garonne, Bénédicte Martineau, who has not provided other details told AFP. Consequently, In Mayennea man driving a quad died after hitting a tree that fell on the road during a thunderstorm. Furthermore, according to the firefighters.
Civil security violent thunderstorms left two dead: also reports 17 injured. Similarly, including four in absolute emergency, after the passage of violent thunderstorms on France. The emergency services have 2,500 firefighters’ interventions and 110,000 private electricity households.
According to the latest Météo France bulletin. which previously made state of 44 departments in vigilance storms, the “Violent storms evacuate from the northeast of the country”with a “Notable drop in temperatures Thursday” and hot weather that “will no longer concern that the Mediterranean periphery”.
Météo France had triggered these levels of alert of the population “Given the risk of associated violent phenomena (hail. gusts, heavy rain and high electrical activity)”consequence of the heat peak which made the 35 ° C exceeded Wednesday on large regions of metropolis. The entire orange vigilance was lifted this Thursday morning.
Wind records – Violent thunderstorms left two dead:
The forecast body had anticipated heavy rains (30 to 50 mm in one to two hours). locally medium to large violent thunderstorms left two dead: hail falls (up to two to five cm, or even more), and gusts that can exceed 100 km/h, “possibly 100/120 km/h or locally more”. “I call for the greatest caution in everyone’s trips. thanks the rescue forces mobilized on the ground at the moment and in the coming hours”said Prime Minister François Bayrou.
Thunderstorms were accompanied Significant gusts of wind. In several departments. absolute records have been broken overnight in several stations since their Our Lights, as in Montbeugny in the Allier, where midwife at 135km/h were recorded.
In Paris region109 km/h winds have been recorded “On Le Bourget station”according to Météo France. In Paris. in the Hautes-de-Seine mainly, the firefighters intervened about forty times to free up trees or branches that have fallen on the roads, said the brigade of the firefighters of Paris (BSPP) to AFP, specifying that the episode did not “Neither victims nor injured at the violent thunderstorms left two dead: moment”.
Traffic was also disrupted on RER B. D and access to some metro stations were closed due to floods, according to SNCF and RATP.
Thunderstorms have an impact on the electrical network. power outages can take place “sporadically on the territory, in the layout of the storm”told AFP a spokesperson for the Enedis electrical network manager, who waits for however that “The situation is stabilized” Before giving more details.
“Very hot”
Wednesday. the Symbolic bar of 40 ° C has been exceeded in several cities of Pyrénées-Orientales and frozen Clermont-Ferrand (39.8 ° C). 40 ° C had already been reached Tuesday in Héraultfor the first time of the year in France.
According to Météo France. “The minimums Thursday morning will remain tropical, of the order of 20 to 22 ° C on the agglomerations of Lyon and Grenoble”, Synonymous with difficult sleep and recovery difficulties for organizations subject violent thunderstorms left two dead: to heat wave.
“However. during Thursday, a very significant drop in maximums is expected, with a return to temperatures close to 30 ° C”add the weather service.
France has been crossed since June 19 by its 50th wave of national heat since 1947. half of which were suffered in the 21st century, a consequence of global warming which increases the intensity and frequency of heat waves.
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