17 departments of the South-West and the Massif Central placed in orange vigilance

New disturbances. Violent thunderstorms are expected in the evening and overnight from Tuesday June 20 to Wednesday June 21, announces Météo France. Seventeen departments in the South-West and Massif Central have been placed on orange alert.

These are Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Lot, from Averyron, Cantal, Corrèze, Puy-de-Dôme, Allier, Loire and Haute-Loire.

Hail and strong gusts of wind

Since this morning, a new stormy degradation is present on the South-West and will go up on the Pays de la Loire, then quickly towards the Center-Val de Loire, Normandy, Ile-de-France and Hauts-de- France.

The risk will spread from the Pyrenees to the North-East. In the afternoon, a more virulent stormy axis will take shape from the Basque Country to Burgundy-Franche-Comté with potentially violent storms with hail and very strong gusts of wind.

These thunderstorms will last into the night and will remain locally violent. Brittany and the Cotentin keep a variable weather with some showers. The Mediterranean rim will remain isolated from this degradation and will benefit from fine clearings. Some showers will nevertheless be possible on Corsica.