7 departments in amber alert – Le Figaro

Meteoconsult and Météo-France have placed in orange alert departments in anticipation of violent thunderstorm that could burst in the late afternoon.

Meteoconsult placed twelve departments in amber alert. Charente (16) Charente-Maritime (17), Dordogne (24) Gironde (33), the Indre-et-Loire (37), the Loir-et-Cher (41), the Maine- et-Loire (49) Sarthe (72), the Deux-Sèvres (79), Vendée (85), Vienna (86) and Haute-Vienne (87) are affected by this alert.

Meanwhile, Météo-France announced that seven departments of the southwest, in Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin, were placed in amber alert. This highly stormy situation concerns departments Charente (16) Charente-Maritime (17), Deux-Sèvres (79), Vienna (86), Dordogne (24) Gironde (33) and Haute-Vienne (87), to from 18h to 1h tomorrow.

According to Météo-France, some moderate thunderstorms can strike locally in the mid-afternoon between Médoc and Poitou-Charentes, precursors a more marked deterioration, with potentially violent storms that affect the Gironde and the west end of the Poitou-Charentes afternoon before shifting to the east in the evening and early night.

Meteoconsult announces that the characteristics of the rain-showers are strong offensive rainfall intensities, a major electrical activity (including Poitou-Charente), a risk of hail, sudden gusts of wind (especially Aquitaine and Vendée) and a foehn storm of the Pyrenees. A risk of formation of vortex phenomena is not excluded.