Hail, gusts of wind and intense rain… Météo-France has revised its orange vigilance for “thunderstorms” upwards this Saturday, June 29. 34 departments are concerned.
Météo-France has extended the orange “thunderstorms” vigilance for Saturday afternoon to three new departments, Puy-de-Dôme, Loire and Rhône, bringing the number of departments concerned to 34.
The meteorological service warns about a “severe summer storm situation requiring particular vigilance given the geographical extent and intensity of the predicted phenomena“ for the regions from the Massif Central to the North-East for the afternoon and evening of Saturday.In addition to intense electrical activity, these storms can cause violent gusts of wind, hail and heavy rainfall in a short time“, indicates Météo-France.
Parks closed, festival canceled
In Strasbourg, ahead of the arrival of possible storms, The city hall announced the closure of six municipal parks and the city’s nine cemeteries from 5 p.m.. “Their reopening will depend on the evolution of weather conditions“, the municipality said in a press release. In Doubs, the Rencontres et Racines music festival, which is being held from Friday to Sunday in Audincourt, announced on its Facebook page on Saturday thathe won’t take “the risk of opening the festival today“due to weather conditions. He indicates that he welcomed nearly 14,000 festival-goers on Friday. In Aquitaine, “frequent storms are present“and associates”to high electrical activity, locally high rainfall intensities sometimes of 20 to 30 mm/h. Hail is also observed in placess”, specifies Météo-France in its latest bulletin.
Lightning could strike again on Sunday, with 14 departments placed on orange “thunderstorm” alert in a north-eastern quarter of France, from the Ardennes to the Jura.
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(upday with AFP)
