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UPDATE: Stormy weather alerts issued in France

France's meteorological service has issued orange alerts for storms in 21 départements urging the population to be vigilant.

Published: 22 May 2022 11:34 CEST
UPDATE: Stormy weather alerts issued in France
Much of France is expected to experience stormy weather on Sunday. (Photo by Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP)

Météo France has warned that much of the country will experience storms on Sunday. 

21 départements have been issued orange weather warnings. 

They include Landes, Gironde, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Vienne, Haute-Vienne, Corrèze, Creuse, Cantal, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Allier, Cher, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres, Haute-Loire and Loire.

People living or visiting these areas are urged to “be very vigilant”. 

Forecasters predict hail and strong winds of up to 110km/h in some areas. Périgord, Limousin, Quercy and areas to the east of Poitou and Charentes are most likely to be battered by strong gusts. 

This weather is set to last until about 3AM on Monday. 

The storms will coincide with temperatures surpassing 30 degrees across much of the southern half of the country.

Last weekend, violent thunder storms left thousands of homes without electricity in northwestern France. 

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Woman killed by freak mudslide in northern France

A freak overnight mudslide in northern France killed a 57-year-old woman, local authorities said on Thursday.

Published: 2 May 2024 09:32 CEST
Woman killed by freak mudslide in northern France

“An intense and highly localised precipitation event triggered… a mudslide in the village of Courmelles” around 90 kilometres northeast of Paris, the local prefecture said in a statement.

The mud “plunged into an area with around 10 homes and built up especially in one house,” Courmelles mayor Arnaud Svrcek told AFP.

With around 1.5 metres of water in the house, “the husband was able to escape with bruises to the head, but the lady was swept away,” he added.

The Aisne department where Courmelles sits was under an orange storm warning on Wednesday, the second-highest alert level issued by weather authority Meteo France.

Svrcek had activated the area’s safety plan, offering a centre for people affected to take refuge, the prefecture said.

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