The bad weather of the day has just claimed a victim.
Damien Adam, deputy of Seine-Maritime, announced the death of a person in Rouen, following the bad weather which fell this weekend on all France.
The town hall of Rouen confirmed with BFM TV that a woman "
died this Saturday evening in Rouen, stuck under a car due to bad weather
".
According to AFP, the woman, in her thirties, was found dead.
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Earlier in the evening, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said one person was missing.
He also thanked the 690 firefighters mobilized, who carried out 705 interventions.
The national territory is currently crossed by an exceptional meteorological phenomenon "
by the number of departments concerned, with heavy rains, thunderstorms and more locally hailstorms
", declared the Minister of the Interior.
Since 4 p.m., 65 departments have been placed on “ orange
” vigilance
.
Almost the entire territory is at significant risk of thunderstorms.
Caution is therefore required, especially on the roads, called Bison Futé, while many French people have chosen to take advantage of their long weekend.
