Thunderstorms and heat waves: 49 Orange Warning departments

Thunderstorms and heat waves: 49 Orange Warning departments

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Forty -seven departments will be placed in Orange Alert on Wednesday 25 June at 4 p.m. For thunderstorms, announced with Météo-France, which offers stormy episodes “Sometimes violent on a very large central axis of the country”. According to the Météo-France BulletinThese 47 departments are located in a large central strip from north to the south of the country, from Somme to Haut-Garonne, while the Rhône and Isère are placed on Oranje on Tuesday and Wednesday for Hittegolf.

Thunderstorms that appeared in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday along the Atlantic facade will reinforce in the early afternoon, and will then quickly extend to a Quercy-Limous-AUVERVE-AS by winning intensity. Metéo-France therefore offers heavy rainfall (30 mm to 50 mm in one to two hours), locally on average to large to large to large to large size (2 cm to 5 cm) and gusts of wind up to 100 km/h.

Other thunderstorms develop at the end of the afternoon and evening in Normandy and the north of the Pays de la Loire, sometimes associated with strong gusts of wind, hail and heavy rain.

SNCF signal, on the sideThat because of a “Strong storm breakdown”She decided “Track of rail traffic from 4 p.m. and to [la] End of service “ For the departments of Alier, Cantal, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme. Concerning the “Rhône-Alpes perimeter”SNCF calls travelers to “Anticipate as much as possible [leurs] Journey “ If they are planning to borrow the Saint-Etienne Roanne lines, Saint-Germain-au-Mont-D’oranne-Clermont-Ferrand and Lozanne-Paray-le-Monial.

For the first time of the year on mainland France, “40 ° C were reached in Languedoc at the foot of the Cévennes in Moulès-et-Baucels (Hérault) where 40.2 ° C was noted”Météo-France announced on Tuesday at the end of the day. This symbolic bar had been crossed for the first time mid -July of the previous year.

On Wednesday, points at 35 ° C, or even 38 ° C, are expected in Burgundy, in the middle, at the gates of the Paris basin. A refreshment will take place from the West with the arrival of thunderstorms before a remarkable decrease generalized on Thursday, except in the Mediterranean periphery.

France has been crossed since 21 June by his fiftieth wave of national heat since 1947, half of which was suffered in the 21st century, a result of global warming, which increases the intensity and frequency of heat waves.

The world with AFP

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