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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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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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