Storms raged in several departments on Wednesday August 17, the day after the deluge that hit the Paris region, causing flooding in the metro.
Le Figaro
provides an update on precipitation, based on data from the Weather Channel*.
Hail causes damage in the Loire
In
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
, the equivalent of three weeks of precipitation fell this Wednesday afternoon in certain cities in the region, indicates the Weather Channel, such as in Mornant in the Rhône, where 50.2 mm of rain were observed.
Violent gusts of wind were measured, including one estimated at 131 km / h in Saint-Chamond, in the Loire.
Many videos showing a hailstorm hitting the city of Saint-Étienne have been relayed on social networks.
The passage of this depression, following several days of heat wave, significantly lowered visibility, as evidenced by the images broadcast.
A little further, in Lyon, no hail but a brutal storm that caused flooding in the street.
Finally, in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, north of Saint-Étienne, the reception of a building in the North hospital center was flooded.
Firefighters were mobilized, according to
Le Progrès
.
SNCF Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes also announced the interruption of traffic between Saint-Étienne and Roanne.
The south of France under water
The
Gard
and the
Hérault
experienced an intense episode of storms this Wednesday afternoon.
Still according to the Weather Channel, the equivalent of three weeks of rain fell locally in two hours, and even a month of precipitation in Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu (Gard).
The deluge also affected Languedoc, according to several videos posted on Twitter.
Pas-de-Calais and Normandy threatened
Pas
-de-Calais
and
Normandy
are threatened by storms.
Several departments in the north of France have also been placed at “
significant risk
” by the Weather Channel.
The first showers flooded certain streets in the town of Berck-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), after having caused the saturation of the water evacuation tunnels.
The map of the departments placed in vigilance or storm alert.
The Weather Channel.
*The Weather Channel is a property of the Figaro group.