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Summer storms to batter south-western France

Parts of France's south west are on high alert on Monday with wild weather set to create havoc in three coastal départements from the early evening on.

Published: 3 August 2015 15:08 CEST
Summer storms to batter south-western France
The heavy weather is expected to roll in at 7pm, not abating until 6pm on Tuesday. File photo: AFP

While most of France will enjoy stable, summery conditions on Monday, the country's south-western corner is set for storms.

The départements of Gironde, Landes and Pyrénées Atlantiques have all been put on orange alert, meaning dangerous meteorological conditions are forecast according to Météo France.

People in the region can expect heavy downpours, or even hail, and winds of up to 100km/h, France's official agency warned.

The heavy weather is expected to roll in at 7pm, not abating until 6pm on Tuesday.

Météo France have warned people not to take shelter under trees and to avoid parks, forests and mountain areas until the storms pass.

The wet weather will no doubt come as a welcome relief to the area – particularly the Gironde region, which has been plagued by extensive forest fire in recent weeks.

A fire to the west of Bordeaux torched over 600 hectares of land and burned for days before firefighters were able to get it under control. 

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Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

Blizzards in Denmark this week have resulted in the greatest depth of snow measured in the country for 13 years.

Published: 4 January 2024 14:18 CET
Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

A half-metre of snow, measured at Hald near East Jutland town Randers, is the deepest to have occurred in Denmark since January 2011, national meteorological agency DMI said.

The measurement was taken by the weather agency at 8am on Thursday.

Around 20-30 centimetres of snow was on the ground across most of northern and eastern Jutland by Thursday, as blizzards peaked resulting in significant disruptions to traffic and transport.

A much greater volume of snow fell in 2011, however, when over 100 centimetres fell on Baltic Sea island Bornholm during a post-Christmas blizzard, which saw as much as 135 centimetres on Bornholm at the end of December 2010.

READ ALSO: Denmark’s January storms could be fourth extreme weather event in three months

With snowfall at its heaviest for over a decade, Wednesday saw a new rainfall record. The 59 millimetres which fell at Svendborg on the island of Funen was the most for a January day in Denmark since 1886. Some 9 weather stations across Funen and Bornholm measured over 50cm of rain.

DMI said that the severe weather now looks to have peaked.

“We do not expect any more weather records to be set in the next 24 hours. But we are looking at some very cold upcoming days,” DMI meteorologist and press spokesperson Herdis Damberg told news wire Ritzau.

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