IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES. The impressive storms that hit the South West and the North of the country

Already impressive damage. While twenty departments are currently on orange alert for a risk of thunderstorms in the southwestern quarter of France, Météo-France announced Tuesday, June 20, the first findings of this intense weather episode are beginning to arrive. Franceinfo goes around the available images of these storms in June.

Impressive images in the Gers

Thunderstorms particularly virulent affected the north of Gers and the south of Lot-et-Garonne Tuesday evening. In Tarn-et-Garonne, the prefecture confirms a first episode in Agen, with winds over 100 km / h.

Lot and Lot-et-Garonne on alert

The Lot department is at the heart of calls for vigilance on Tuesday evening. “Violent gusts (130km/h) and intense rains were observed under this storm.”, detailed Météo France, which calls on the inhabitants of the department to stay at home. Major hailstones also fell in the evening in Aveyron. In Lot-et-Garonne, theTER traffic was interrupted on Tuesday evening between Agen and Toulouse following heavy storms and damage to the railway, SNCF announced on Twitter.

The Basque Country and the North department affected earlier today

In the afternoon, Tuesday, several municipalities in the Basque Country and the North were also affected by impressive storms. In Espelette (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) pepper producers have lost everything. The mayor of the town will ask the State to declare the area a natural disaster.