Violent thunderstorms hit the south of Bouches-du-Rhône on the evening of Wednesday August 17. The department was one of the four departments still concerned by the orange thunderstorm vigilance of Météo France, with Gard, Vaucluse and Var, Wednesday evening.
In Marseille, 35mm of rain fell in less than 45 minutes, reports Météo France. The edges of the old port of Marseille have become a paddling pool where passers-by have had their feet in the water.
#France ⛈ – Severe thunderstorm in progress at #Marseillepic.twitter.com/wyOKdtNKcN
—ⓃⒺⓌⓈ—ⒾⓃⓉ·۰•● (@NewsInt_) August 17, 2022
Two kilometers away, cars and scooters moved slowly on the avenue du Prado, while torrential rains covered the road with a pool of water several centimeters high.
The prado under water!! #flood #rain #Marseille #prado #thunderstorm #thunderstorms @BFMTV @BFMMarseille pic.twitter.com/WN1dKZrPBz
— Florian Labaye (@Flo_Labaye) August 17, 2022
In Marseille, we don’t fear the rain #Meteo France #Marseille #rain pic.twitter.com/rdbyA34ivq
— ZINKULEZ (@zinkulez) August 17, 2022
The city of Cassis, 25 kilometers from Marseille, saw the streets of its city center being crossed by a torrent of water, as reported Provence in a video posted on Twitter as well as Météo express.
In Cassis, the heavy rains which have affected Provence again since the beginning of the evening have created a real torrent of water which poured this Wednesday evening into the streets of the city center#Cassis #Severe weather pic.twitter.com/ilGWepNpcs
— Provence (@laprovence) August 17, 2022
⛈ Already flooded early this Wednesday morning, Cassis in the Bouches-du-Rhône suffered a new torrential storm tonight with a torrent of water flowing through the city center! (© Association of Traders of Sanary) pic.twitter.com/dK6VlmbhlW
— Weather Express (@WeatherExpress) August 17, 2022
Inland, in the small town of Auriol, the inhabitants saw hail falling on their balconies.
⛈ Storms hit Provence this Wednesday evening. Images from Auriol in the east of the Bouches-du-Rhône with torrential rains & hail! This storm sweeps the northwest of the Var. (© Sandrine Zumba) pic.twitter.com/Q5vlgk5u4S
— Weather Express (@WeatherExpress) August 17, 2022
From Thursday August 18, 6 a.m., however, the south-east of France will no longer be affected by the orange vigilance of Météo France. Only the Pyrénées-Atlantiques will go into storm alert.