Due to severe weather in the French seaside resort of Villers-sur-Mer, a kite surfer was killed on Saturday evening. Three others were injured. In nearby Deauville, a boat and helicopter are being searched for someone who is missing at sea, the station reports France Info.
France is experiencing a heat wave. On Saturday, eleven departments were code red and record temperatures of up to 46 degrees were expected.
Due to the storm on the Normandy coast, a 31-year-old kitesurfer was thrown against the facade of a restaurant by a gust of wind and was killed. Three visitors to a casino were injured as cafe chairs and tables flew around.
In Deauville, where rescuers are searching for a missing person at sea, a triathlon also had to be canceled because the tents of the participants were blown away by the wind. The runners are housed in the town.
In Biarritz on the Atlantic coast, near the Spanish border, the mercury rose to 42.9 degrees. Never before was it so hot in that place. As far as is known, the extreme heat has cost the lives of at least two elderly people.
For the night from Saturday to Sunday, Météo France predicts thunderstorms that will move into the country from the Atlantic coast. They can be accompanied by violent lightning and strong wind gusts. The weather change is likely to end the heat wave, although it could last a little longer in the east.
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