On Wednesday 17 August, although the Var is on orange inform for thunderstorms, rain and floods, a violent storm strike the metropolitan areas of Toulon and Hyères and the Giens peninsula. Here are some photos.
Significant hailstones, huge lightning strikes and torrential rains flood the streets … This morning it was hard for the inhabitants of the Var, on the coastline, to wake up. In Toulon, Hyères and the Giens peninsula, the stormy episode was pretty intensive.
Lightning strikes lit up the sky of Toulon whilst the day experienced not nonetheless risen.
In Toulon the wind was solid, accompanied by major rains and immediate lightning, as demonstrated in this movie by a surfer, released at 6:40 am.
Exact same environment in Hyères where a powerful wind shook the city.
The sky remained very gray throughout the passage of the storm, as this video clip from a surfer demonstrates.
South of the town, on the Giens peninsula, vacationers were being not spared.
Substantial hailstones fell in Hyères.
This climate is a godsend for storm chasers who take the opportunity to go out and capture lightning, like Enzo Retteler, in La Seyne-sur-Mer.
Thankfully, these storms did not cause significant injury. A new stormy episode is scheduled for the afternoon of this Wednesday, August 17. The Var is often on orange notify for the hazard of thunderstorms, rain and flooding.
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