Change of atmosphere.
After the high temperatures, hail fell on part of the country.
Strong thunderstorms broke out overnight from Sunday to Monday on an axis going from the Paris basin to the Yonne and as far as the Ardennes, accompanied by intense rains, heavy hailstorms and sometimes strong gusts.
Hailstones of 4 to 5 cm were observed.
Holes in the roofs, shattered windows, dented cars and shelter for residents whose houses were flooded.
According to France Bleu, 100 firefighters intervened 200 times in Indre, in particular to clear the roads.
Hailstorms hit Haute-Vienne and in particular the west and north of Limoges early Sunday evening.
In this department, the firefighters intervened about fifty times, reports France 3.
orange vigilance
In the Jura, this episode of hail has particularly impacted the winegrowers who are suffering great losses in their fields, explains the local channel.
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The heat wave will gradually end on Monday in the country, and a new stormy wave will arrive in the evening on the Atlantic coast, forecasts Météo France, which has placed 10 departments in storm orange vigilance.
In total, 21 departments are affected by orange vigilance.
Eleven in the center-east are maintained at orange level for a heat wave (Jura, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Loire, Rhône, Ain, Isère, Drôme), according to the bulletin of the weather service released Monday morning.
The #thunderstorms are sometimes accompanied by heavy falls of #hail since the beginning of the evening with sometimes imposing diameters.
This was the case in the town of Cheverny in #LoiretCher a few tens of minutes ago.
Video: Sylviane Thery via @MeteoExpress pic.twitter.com/o1NRvsRsSU
— Meteo60 (@meteo60) June 19, 2022
Ten are placed on orange vigilance for thunderstorms (Charente, Corrèze, Creuse, Dordogne, Gers, Gironde, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute-Vienne).
