Three new departments were placed on orange alert by Météo France this Tuesday evening, increasing the number of departments concerned to 20.
23h00.
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22h59.
A new card valid from midnight
From midnight, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers and Lot-et-Garonne come out of orange vigilance, while Jura, Doubs, Côte-d’Or, Haute -Saône and the Territoire de Belfort will switch to orange, until 6 a.m.
22h52.
Three new departments on orange alert
As the storms started from the southwest and moved towards the northeast of the country, three new departments were placed on orange alert by Météo France: Ain, Rhône and Saône-et-Loire, increasing to 20 the number of departments concerned.
22h03.
A peak of 10,000 customers affected by power cuts in the Gers
According to Enedis, which communicates this evening, there would still be 6,843 homes without electricity in the department following the passage of storms. A peak of 10,000 impacted customers was even recorded around 8 p.m. Several teams are mobilized on the ground.
In addition, the college of Vic-Fezensac, like that of Valence-d’Agen, will not be able to allow students to attend classes normally this Wednesday. Several water damages are noted inside the establishment which is deprived of electricity. Reception will nevertheless be assured, only teaching will be suspended.
9:15 p.m.
Witnesses evoke a tornado in Valence-d’Agen
This is particularly the case of Michel, a resident of rue de la République: “It was a little after 7:15 p.m. I had closed the roller shutters and then suddenly a tornado hit the house. While I have double glazing, the water was coming through the windows, I heard impacts, a huge noise, I thought it was hail but no, the rain was hitting so hard that it was scary. I was longing for it to stop. At 7:45 p.m., I was able to go out into the street and see damage everywhere.”
21h03.
Moissac also hit by violent storms
A few kilometers from Valence-d’Agen, Moissac was not spared by the violence of the storms, which caused torrential rains in the city. Part of the roof of Cosec Armand-Rigal, the city’s basketball hall, even collapsed under the violence of the rain and the wind.
Torrential rains fell on Moissac. MDD 9:01 p.m.
A tornado in Cahors?
On social networks, several forecasters – professional or amateur – are worried about the possible passage of a tornado over Cahors.
20h50.
Valence-d’Agen college will be closed this Wednesday
Affected by the violent storms which fell on the commune of Valence-d’Agen this Tuesday at the end of the day, the Jean-Rostand college, which suffered damage, will remain closed this Wednesday, June 21.
20h47.
A huge tree fell on a house in Vic-Fezensac
The stormy episode had the effect of a tornado on the town of Vic-Fezensac and its surroundings, with uprooted plane trees. A huge cedar fell on a house near the D103. The building threatens to collapse. The current is cut in a good part of the sector.
The giant cedar was literally uprooted. DDM 8:27 p.m.
The Tarn-et-Garonne in turn violently hit
The storm from the Gers fell with unprecedented violence in the northwest of Tarn-et-Garonne. Around 7:20 p.m., the town of Valence-d’Agen suffered a gust of rain and wind. “It happened in five minutes, with an intensity of precipitation that I have rarely experienced here, really it was impressive”, testifies Ernest Lopes, trade assistant.
From his flooded business, he describes the situation on Boulevard Victor-Guihem: “The water rose halfway up the wheels of the cars. Tiles flew away or were broken, especially on the roof of the hospital. lasted a quarter of an hour, but the rains were really tropical, so it went up very quickly.” At 7:45 p.m., the storm finally calmed down above the Deux-Rives territory. “Everyone is barefoot in the neighborhood recovering garbage containers and a whole bunch of personal items washed away by the waters.”
In public gardens or at roundabouts like that of Lidl, there are countless tree trunks or large branches broken by the force of the winds. A little further west of Valence, on the hillsides of Lomagne, damage has been reported, particularly in the Lavit-de-Lomagne sector where subscribers are without electricity.
20h04.
Numerous damages in the Gers
The Vic-Fezensac sector was particularly affected by the passage of storms. Departmental road 103 (exit of Jégun) was cut and traffic on the RD 930 severely disrupted. Several sectors are deprived of electricity and the college of Vic-Fezensac is under water.
In general, traffic on the road network is very disrupted, while the Gers firefighters were called upon for more than 40 interventions in the western sector, between Riscle and Condom.
19h25.
The Gers also affected
After the Basque Country, the Gers was in turn hit by violent storms, notably causing trees to fall on the roads.
16h23.
Closed parks and gardens in Toulouse
The Toulouse town hall has decided to close the city’s parks and gardens in the middle of the afternoon because of the department’s placement on orange vigilance against thunderstorms.
⚠️ Due to a weather alert, parks and gardens considered at risk in a wind situation greater than 80 km / h, will be closed this Tuesday, June 20, from mid-afternoon.
Green spaces concerned? pic.twitter.com/N4XuuNpj2a— Toulouse Alerts (@ToulouseAlerts) June 20, 2023
16h21.
Aude and Lozère added to the list of departments on yellow alert
At 4 p.m., Météo France added three departments to the list of 55 departments already placed on yellow alert. In Occitania, Aude and Lozère are concerned.
15h50.
The Pyrenees and neighboring departments hit in the second part of the afternoon
According to Météo France, the storms will then move north until they hit the Massif Central in the evening.
15h49.
Reminder of the vigilance map distributed by Météo France
17 departments have been placed on orange vigilance against storms by Météo France. They are mostly in the southwest of the country.
15h48.
Hello everyone and welcome to this live on the storms that are expected to hit part of France this Tuesday
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