Thunderstorms: 19 western departments orange alert – Le Point

Meteo France placed 19 departments of the west facade, of Normandy to the Pyrenees in orange alert for “locally strong thunderstorms” planned in late afternoon Wednesday. In all relevant departments, these storms could be locally accompanied “by heavy rain and hail and strong gusts and sudden,” warns Météo-France.

Seine-Maritime, Eure, the Calvados, Orne, Mayenne, Sarthe, the Channel, the Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes d’Armor and Finistère are thus placed in orange alert after 18 hours Wednesday, and up to 10 Thursday hours. “A stronger storm development is expected in the late afternoon of southern Brittany Maine, extending evening and the next night in intensifying across all relevant departments,” provides Météo-France.

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Further south, nine other departments are placed in orange alert for the same reasons, 22 hours Wednesday to Thursday 11:00: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Gironde , Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Gers and Hautes-Pyrenees.

According to forecasts, “a broad area of ​​low pressure” over the Atlantic “will promote the evening and night next formation an active system stormy crossing from west areas is “. The first storms are expected in the beginning of night on the coastal departments of Aquitaine, with gusts up to 80-90 km / h and hail fall hazards. They should then extend to the north and west by losing intensity.

Météo-France recommends particular caution and vigilance for “travel and leisure activities” and the “precautions use “to” protect against the effects of lightning. “