downpours and hail in Côte-d’Or, the ceiling of a mini-market collapses in Dijon

Violent thunderstorms fell this Tuesday at the end of the day on the Côte-d’Or. Very intense rains, hail, gusts of wind… the stormy episode lasted half an hour. Much damage is to be deplored in the Beaune sector and the Dijon conurbation. In Dijon, the ceiling of a convenience store collapsed. There are no casualties.

Météo France had warned: the departments of Côte-d’Or and Saône-et-Loire were placed on orange “storm” vigilance from the start of this Tuesday, July 11, 2023, until midnight. Of “very strong gusts of wind, between 100 and 120 km/h“, of “heavy hailstorms“and accumulations of rain that can reach up to 40 millimeters in half an hour. This is pretty much what happened from 7:30 p.m., in the agglomeration of Dijon and in the Beaune sector. .

In Dijon, the sky became very threatening around 7 p.m. The storm broke around 7:30 p.m., causing torrents in some streets in the city center, such as Boulevard de la Trémouille, slowing traffic. The very strong wind tore branches from trees in places. A gust of 109 km / h was recorded in the capital of Burgundy this Tuesday evening.

Around 7:50 p.m., at Carrefour City on rue Paul Cabet, the wind rushed into the false ceiling, which collapsed, as one of our teams on site observed. Several customers were still in the store, but were not injured. The staff is also unscathed. 11 people are on technical unemployment. The sign has been secured and closed.

The day was sweltering, with temperatures often exceeding 35 degrees. A peak at 37 degrees was even recorded in the afternoon on the heights of Dijon, or even in Beire-le-Châtel. The storms then began to invade our region from the south of the Saône-et-Loire as well as from the Nièvre, towards the Morvan.

In the Saône plain, the town of Fontaine-Française was hit by hailstorms shortly after 6 p.m. Impressive images in the nearby village of Licey-sur-Vingeanne

The storms also went up the Val-de-Saône. Damage was reported in several municipalities, such as in the village of Meursanges (Côte-d’Or), east of Beaune, where firefighters had to intervene for around twenty hailed roofs. Hail damage also around Saulon-la-Chapelle, south of Dijon.

At 9:15 p.m., the Côte-d’Or firefighters had 125 requests for intervention, mainly for flooding or materials threatening to fall. The sectors most affected are the Beaune region and the Dijon conurbation. More than a hundred firefighters were mobilized in the department. Internet users also report power cuts to us.

Disruptions are reported in public transport. TER trains to Besançon are canceled following a power failure on a catenary in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne (Yonne).