“Storms are currently developing over Castile-Leon (Spain): they will reach the Basque Country in the late afternoon/evening and then the Atlantic coast,” writes Mééo-France.
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Seven departments on the Atlantic coast were placed on orange alert for storms on Saturday, August 31, before the early evening. Charente-Maritime, Vendée, Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan join the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes and Gironde, which have been in this situation since midday. “Storms are currently developing over Castile-Leon (Spain): they will reach the Basque Country in the late afternoon/evening and then the Atlantic coast. (…) The event has not yet started in the country”the forecasters write in their bulletin.
An extension to neighboring departments is possible, notes Météo-France, which invites residents to “keep informed of the development of vigilance”.
“At the end of this Saturday afternoon, a storm system is forming over the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, then moving northwards and will affect the Atlantic coast on Saturday evening and the night from Saturday to Sunday.”Météo-France alert.
For Sunday, five departments are on orange alert: Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Charente-Maritime and Gironde.
