2023-07-11 15:25:00
The heat wave continues in the Lyon region and the south-east of the country. Thunderstorms are expected from the Center-East to the North-East this afternoon.
By NJ with AFP
Published on 07/10/2023 at 9:26 p.m. – Modified on 07/11/2023 at 3:25 p.m.
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Météo-France warned on Tuesday of the risk of “violent” or even “exceptional” thunderstorms occurring in the east of the country in the afternoon and evening, while twenty-two departments remain on orange alert. for thunderstorms but also the heat wave. “Violent thunderstorms, which may be exceptional” could develop “in the afternoon [mardi]particularly between northern Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes, southern Burgundy, Franche-Comté and as far as southern Alsace ”, indicates Météo-France at midday on its Twitter account.
Seventeen departments were on Tuesday morning concerned by orange vigilance, in a large eastern half of the country. A few hours later, Haute-Savoie, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Aveyron and Lozère were added. In these areas, thunderstorms could be accompanied by “very strong gusts of wind that can reach 100 to 130 km / h, very locally a little more” and “heavy hailstorms”, whose hailstones could reach several centimeters in diameter. .
Temperatures drop on Wednesday
Precipitation of 20 to 40 mm in less than 30 minutes or 1 hour and numerous lightnings are also expected. Still according to Météo-France, the Côte d’Or, Saône-et-Loire, Jura, Loire, Rhône, Ain, Isère, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes are , them, concerned by the orange vigilance for heat wave. The SNCF announced Tuesday to interrupt several TER connections in the north of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region from 2:30 p.m. The lines connecting Lyon to Bourg-en-Bresse, Paray-le-Monial, Macon, Ambérieu, Saint- Étienne and Roanne are particularly concerned. But the mercury should drop on Wednesday, where only the South-East will maintain values between 30 and 35 degrees.
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Heat waves, which would have caused more than 60,000 deaths in Europe in the summer of 2022, according to a study published on Monday, are increasing on this continent, a direct consequence of global warming. Greenhouse gas emissions are increasing the intensity, duration and rate of repetition of heat waves, especially in Europe, “the fastest warming region of the world”, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) .
Spain is thus also facing again since Monday extreme heat which exceeded 44 degrees, barely two weeks after a previous similar episode, indicated the Spanish meteorological agency (Aemet). The week of July 3 to 9 was also the hottest week ever measured globally, the WMO announced on Monday.
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