VIDEO. Thunderstorms: an impressive snorkel filmed in the sky of Normandy Switzerland

Météo France had placed the Orne department on orange vigilance for thunderstorms and yellow vigilance for high winds. And Sunday, May 15, 2022the trajectory of the storm cells did not in fact spare the skies of Bocage ornaisand as far as Switzerland…

if they firefighters do not mention specific interventions following bad weather, a video posted on Twitter shows the extent of the phenomenon.

Storm chaser by passion

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10,400. This is the number of views counted by the six seconds captured by Mathys Cenier. Student at Caen (Calvados) in a master’s degree in geography, the one who studies urban climatology for his dissertation was close to Thury-Harcourtmunicipality of HimSunday May 15 at the end of the afternoon.

As soon as the weather permits, I chase the storms. It’s a passion.

This time, he immortalized a cloudy snorkel, that is, a cloud being sucked down by swirling winds. “When it hits the ground, it becomes a tornado,” says Mathys. A high-speed formation characteristic of highly unstable weather conditions. Caution, new lightning could reach the region of FLERS from this Tuesday, May 17.

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