Météo France places 26 departments on orange alert for the risk of thunderstorms and heat waves, Tuesday June 21. Among them, six departments are still affected by an episode of intense heat (Ain, Jura, Isère, Loire, Rhône and Saône-et-Loire). “The temperatures observed are close to or exceed 30°C in the plain. We recorded 34°C in Lyon Bron at the start of the afternoon as well as in Mâcon”specifies Météo France in its 4 p.m. bulletin.
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Regarding the risk of thunderstorms, 25 departments are placed in orange vigilance: Ain, Allier, Ariège, Aude, Aveyron, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Creuse, Dordogne, Doubs, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Jura, Landes, Loire , Haute-Loire, Lozère, Puy-de-Dôme, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres, Tarn, Vienne and Haute-Vienne. Five departments are therefore both affected by the heat wave and the risk of thunderstorms.
“The first storms broke out on the Allier, the Rhône as well as on the Loire, where hail is observed”, continues Meteo France. The storms go “to generalize in the hours to come” in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the “stormy degradation” is expected Tuesday at the end of the afternoon in the Pyrenees, then in the evening in the Massif Central. It will be accompanied by “violent phenomena”. In New Aquitaine, thunderstorms will arrive “by the coast during the night”.