Flooded metro station in Paris, torrent of mud in Montpellier, forbidden beach in Marseille: for the past few days, bad weather has crossed France, from north to south.
If a majority of French people prefer to stay in the shelter, these violent and spectacular phenomena are, for some, the opportunity to indulge their passion: they are called storm chasers.
Tuesday evening, when five departments were classified as orange vigilance by Météo-France, the quest for thunder brought together in the same car a landscaper, an aerospace worker and a fashion photographer.
The first, Nicolas Gauthier comes from Laen, the second, Julien Avalat, from Neuilly-sous-Clermont, in the Oise, and the third, Henri Buffetaut, from Versailles.
Their trajectory diverges, their appearance too, but the same passion brings them together in this gray Peugeot Tepee which is driving due east, towards Champagne where a storm is expected from the Massif Central.
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