According to La Chaîne Météo, at 8 p.m. this Friday, monthly wind records were broken at different places in the Massif Central. The wind blew at 146 km / h on the Puy de Sancy, the highest point in Auvergne.
Gusts of 129 km/h were recorded in Clermont-Ferrand, 122 km/h in Vernines, 117 km/h in Saint-Gervais-d’Auvergne. Puy-de-Dôme was therefore swept particularly hard by storm Diego.
The neighboring sectors were also impacted: gusts were recorded at 105 km / h in Montluçon in the Allier and 100 km / h in Roanne in the Loire.
Storm Diego: Puy-de-Dôme and Haute-Loire placed on orange vigilance in the strong wind
Météo France announces that “gusts between 100 and 120 km/h are expected until the end of the evening in the departments of the Massif Central placed in orange vigilance, including in the valleys by surge. In the departments in yellow vigilance, the gusts can reach 80 to 100 km / h.
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