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Weather warning: More violent storms to hit north-eastern France

More weather warnings for violent storms are in place in north-eastern France after storms lashed the French capital on Tuesday evening.

Published: 5 June 2019 12:53 CEST
Weather warning: More violent storms to hit north-eastern France
Illustration photo: AFP

A total of 11 departments in the north east of France have been placed on orange alert – the second highest warning – for violent storms by France's national weather agency Meteo France. 

The departments concerned are: Ardennes, Doubs, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Vosges and Territoire-de-Belfort. 

People in these areas are advised to remain vigilant due to the risk of dangerous weather. 

The storm alerts were put in place at 10am on Wednesday morning and are expected to remain in place until at least 6am on Thursday. 

Photo: Meteo France

According to Meteo France, the storms will “start in the Franche-Comté region before heading up north and reaching the Grand Est region, which is on orange alert..

“The storms will be very serious in some places, with a lot of lightning, hail, and very strong gusts of wind (100 to 140 km/h), as well as heavy rainfall.” 
 
At around midnight the storms are expected to leave France and head into Germany. 
 
The warnings follow violent storms in the north of France on Tuesday evening, with rain and hail hitting the French capital at around 5.30pm. 
 

The storms led to delays on certain train lines as trees fell onto the tracks (see below) and play was stopped Roland-Garros where the French Open is currently taking place.

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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