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South western and central France placed on alert for violent storms

UPDATED: After last week's scorching temperatures, 17 departments in the south west of France have now been placed on alert for violent storms on Tuesday.

South western and central France placed on alert for violent storms
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French national weather agency Météo France has placed 17 departments in the south west of France on “Orange” storm alert – the second highest level of warning. 
 
The Orange alert means the public are advised to be “very vigilant” especially when out and about. People are advised to take shelter when the storm is approaching.
 
Initially 13 departments were given storm warnings.
 
They were: Aveyron, Corrèze, Dordogne, Gers, Gironde, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Landes, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. 
 
But later on Wednesday Météo France added the departments of Allier, Cantal, Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme in central France.
 
The alerts are in place until Wednesday morning.
 
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Map: Meteo France 

“Strong storms will start to develop at the beginning of the afternoon in northern Spain and the Bay of Biscay, and will push into the area around the Massif central,” said Meteo France. “These will be accompanied by violent showers, strong gusts of wind and hail.”
 
The storms are predicted to hit the mountainous Massif central area in southern France and the former province of the Languedoc on Tuesday evening, before reaching the Midi-Pyrénées in the evening. 
 
The storms are hiting soon after the south west was roasting under a heatwave during which temperature were nearly at a whopping 40C.

 

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How has Storm Louis been affecting travel in Sweden?

Trains in and out of Gothenburg have suffered major delays, several bridges have been closed and drivers have been advised to stay at home. Here is how Storm Louis has affected traffic in Sweden.

How has Storm Louis been affecting travel in Sweden?

Trains

Trains in and out of Gothenburg station more or less ground to a halt between 8.30am and 11.30am, but began moving again around noon. 

According to Sweden’s national rail company SJ there are still delays and disruptions to services between Gothenburg and Stockholm, Gothenburg and Västerås, Gothenburg and Malmö, and Gothenburg and Karlstad. 

Västtrafik, which operates regional trains in western Sweden has cancelled several trains with other services facing significant delays. 

On the company’s website, they said services between Ed and Trollhättan, Strömstad and Gothenburg, Uddevalla and Varberg and Gothenburg to Lidköping and Örebro would all be cancelled, with replacement buses provided. 

The company recommended checking its To Go app, or looking at its travel planner website

Värmlandstrafik, which operates local transport in Värmland has cancelled services between Sunne and Torsby due to a tree on the line, with replacement buses provided. 

Ferries 

Ferries to islands such as Styrsö and Vrångö in the archipelago south of Gothenburg have been cancelled.  The Gullmarsleden ferry over to Lysekil was also cancelled, as was the chain ferry across to the Bolmsö in the middle of lake Bolmen.

Bridges 

The Tjörn Bridge to the island of Tjörn was closed on Friday morning and remained closed at 1.30pm. The Uddevalla Bridge across Sunninge sound was also closed, blocking the E6 motorway, but reopened around noon. 

Roads 

Fallen trees have blocked roads such as the E18 between Knöstad och Valnäs, road 702 between Trossnäs and Bofasterud, road 62 between Tjörnheden and Olsäter, road 664 between Norsbron and Björkåsmotet and road 240 at Väse Kyrka.

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