Precipitation is raining down on France, after days of good weather and heatwave.
Thunderstorms particularly affect the Occitanie region this Thursday evening.
At 7 p.m., 37,000 homes were deprived of electricity at the height of the weather, Enedis informed Le Parisien, confirming information from La Dépêche du Midi.
At 10 p.m., 25,000 households remained without electricity.
“The climatic event is still ongoing and the situation is changing", adds the company. "All our teams and our partner companies are mobilized on the ground.
Reinforcements are coming from other departments ”.
Bow echo shape (stormy arc system) of the stormy passage that crossed the #Toulouse region between east of Haute-Garonne and #Tarn and giving a corridor of very strong gusts pic.twitter.com/vSz5zcnfxJ
- Alexandre Flouttard (@ stormchaser_a81) June 17, 2021
On social networks, the departmental council of Haute-Garonne says that four roads have been cut.
The RD22 between Layrac and Bondigoux, the RD25 at Cintegabelle and the RD622 between the municipalities of Auterive and Mauvaisin.
A high voltage line fell on the RD2 between Saint-Orens, Fourquevaux and Labastide-Beauvoir.
On Twitter, the departmental council of Haute-Garonne adds that about thirty agents "intervened urgently on 50 roads to clear the roads congested by falling branches".
Flooded roads
Fortunately, no fatal victim is currently to be deplored.
In Saint-Sulpice, a city very badly affected, a century-old fir tree fell on the road as two vehicles passed.
In one, a mother and her boy who both had to be hospitalized.
In Gaillac, a man was electrified after a tree knocked down an electric pole.
He was taken care of by the firefighters.
⛈️ Be careful on the roads, violent thunderstorms in the #Toulouse sector.
#vigilanceorange #orages #toulouse
📽️Saint-Sulpice (Tarn) - @phil_conduc pic.twitter.com/vRvWSt8RKb
- Météo-France (@meteofrance) June 17, 2021
In Ariège, not far from Tarascon, a man was injured by a fall from a tree branch and was taken care of by firefighters.
SNCF traffic was also affected.
It was interrupted between Saint-Sulpice and Albi-Rodez-Figeac-Mazamet as well as between Foix and Latour.
It should be restored tomorrow morning.
The bad weather also gave rise to flooding, especially in the south of the Tarn.
The water has entered homes and the sewers are overflowing.
This Thursday evening, Météo France is maintaining 9 departments in orange vigilance.
Regarding vigilance for the risk of thunderstorms, the Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime, Charente, Seine-et-Marne, Aisne, North and Ardennes are concerned.
