Météo-France announced that 28 departments were affected by its orange alert on Saturday afternoon and evening. ” thunderstorms “, correcting the previously announced figure of 34 departments.
This orange vigilance ” thunderstorms “ now concerns Ain, Allier, Ardennes, Aube, Aveyron, Cantal, Cher, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Jura, Loire, Lot, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et- Loire, Tarn, Vosges, Yonne and the Territoire de Belfort.
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And “strong rainy-stormy episode” crosses saturday “most of the country”underlines Météo-France in its latest forecast bulletin. “Only the regions from Brittany to Nord-Pas-de-Calais, as well as Corsica, remain away from these bad weather, and maintain calmer but cloudy weather”specifies the organization
Gusts of wind
In the afternoon and evening on Saturday, “a stormy burst will circulate from the southwest to the northeast of the country”Météo-France alert on its site in its orange vigilance sheet ” thunderstorms “.
For the departments concerned by this vigilance, the meteorological service warns against a “strong summer stormy situation which requires particular vigilance given the geographical extent and intensity of the expected phenomena” . “In addition to intense electrical activity, these storms can cause violent gusts of wind, hail and heavy accumulations of rain in a short time”warns Météo-France.
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In Strasbourg, ahead of the arrival of possible storms, the town hall announced the closure from 5 p.m. of six municipal parks and the city’s nine cemeteries. “Their reopening will depend on changes in weather conditions”the municipality noted in a statement.
A festival canceled in Doubs
In Doubs, the Rencontres et Racines music festival, which is being held from Friday to Sunday in Audincourt, announced on its Facebook page that it would not be taking “the risk of opening the festival” Saturday due to weather conditions, after welcoming nearly 14,000 festival-goers on Friday. According to Météo-France, “in Aquitaine, we observed frequent storms” Saturday, with “strong electrical activity, locally high rainfall intensities, sometimes 30 to 50 mm” et “hail in places”.
Sunday will see the “return of calmer weather, but cool for the season”with some “stormy residue” in the morning “from the Grand-Est to Limousin and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes”and a “persistent risk of storms in Rhône-Alpes” in the afternoon, specifies Météo-France in its latest forecast bulletin.
