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Storms in the Tarn-et-Garonne: a smaller hailstorm and a powerful storm that destroyed the north of the department

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The problems brought about by this temporary meteorological episode on Monday 5 September from 6 pm was constrained and quite localized in the north of the division. Météo France keeps enjoy more than the yellow storm on the Tarn-et-Garonne until finally Wednesday 7 September at 6 am.

The stormy episode, which fell locally north and north-west of the Tarn-et-Garonne, caused some very localized problems this Monday, September 5th early in the evening.

Shortly immediately after 6 pm, in simple fact, in a corridor found concerning Valence-d’Agen and Lauzerte up to Molières and Montfermier, compact hailstones whitened the fields in some destinations with out creating injury. The fallen branches on the road pressured the intervention of the firefighters in Castelsagrat, Durfort-Lacapelette and Tréjouls.

“We ended up really stunned by the pace of this episode”, testifies the mayor of Lauzerte who had to mobilize his municipal technical companies to obvious the highway next the fall of lots of branches and some uprooted trees on the road to Cazes-Mondenard and the D953.

“We also experienced infiltrations in the municipal gymnasium and in some private properties, but nothing serious”, explains François Le Moing. Only a person motorist ended up in the ditch in Durfort-Lacapelette when he was parking, the firefighters rescued him.

Hurt to the Montfermier vineyard

“The hailstones fell in ten minutes at the most”, confirms our nearby correspondent in Valence-d’Agen, whilst in Montfermier the mayor of the village deplores the hurt to his winery found in the Coteaux-du-Quercy appellation.

“We will have to harvest tomorrow (Wednesday), the grapes have not fallen to the ground but the grains have split on the stump”, confirms Rémy Soupa. The first municipal councilor as a result waits for the intervention of the cellar technician to rapidly have out the harvest so that the grain does not oxidize by then. “Fortunately we had presently harvested part of the harvest past week”, reassures the mayor – winemaker.

In the close by village of Molières, the mayor certifies that only Sarl Lafite Meubles was impacted by the storm. “The leaves of the airplane trees on the avenue de Larché (D 959) stuffed the eaves of the roof with the wind, creating hurt that has still to be quantified”, states Valérie Hébral. Component of the false ceiling and glass wool insulation fell on the brand’s household furniture.

Météo France maintains this Tuesday, September 6, a look at on the yellow storm with the hazard of violent precipitation this afternoon and this night in the office.

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