2023-07-15 07:43:35
The orange “storms” vigilance which concerned ten departments in the center-east of France was lifted by Météo-France, in the bulletin published on Sunday July 16 shortly after midnight.
The departments which were on alert on Saturday were Haute-Saône, Doubs, Côte-d’Or, Jura, Saône-et-Loire, Ain, Rhône, Loire, Haute-Loire and Puy -de-Dome. The Meteorological Institute reports a “return to a calmer time”, as expected. Twenty departments are on yellow alert for thunderstorms in the East and Center-East.
“Strong intensities of rain, hailstorms and heavy gusts were observed locally” Saturday, specifies Météo-France. Winds of 110 km / h were thus recorded in Lons-le-Saunier, capital of the Jura, as well as 93 km / h in Puy-en-Velay, the prefecture of (Haute-Loire.
Météo-France thunderstorm vigilance map from the Sunday July 16 bulletin shortly after midnight. WEATHER-FRANCE Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Climate: hundreds of millions of people affected by extreme temperatures
Persistence of the heat wave in the South-East
The Alpes-Maritimes department is kept on orange “heat wave” vigilance due to very marked heat. Météo-France notes that this heatwave episode is “not exceptional for the season”more sa “Persistence requires special vigilance, especially for sensitive or exposed people”.
In this area of the south-east of the country, “maximum temperatures will remain at a high level” : from 30°C to 32°C on the coast, and from 32°C to 36°C inland.
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