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In Montpellier and elsewhere in the Hérault, waterspouts fell in a few minutes.
THUNDERSTORMS – After the good weather, thunderstorms. An intense stormy episode hit the Hérault placed in orange vigilance on Sunday morning. After weeks of drought, this violent rainy episode lasting only a few minutes, caused the city’s sewers to overflow. According to the website Weather Expressnearly 27 mm of water fell in just 30 minutes.
As shown in a video posted by free lunch, the Place de la Comédie has been transformed into mini mud torrent ” early this morning. Other videos published by Internet users show the violence of the storm and the intensity of the waterspouts which fell in the Hérault, as well as in the Gard. In Frontignan, in the Hérault, a mini-tornado also hit this town located east of Sète.
On the Place de la Comédie, the strong storm this morning in Montpellier created a mini-torrent of mud. The department… https://t.co/LowIoqnvn9
– Midi Libre Montpellier (@MLMontpellier)
Big storms this morning near #Montpellier the rain is finally falling, I hope without too much damage #rain #storms… https://t.co/K4uNEki6qi
— Amandine (@teambozou)
Little fright earlier for some tourists on the beach at Grau-du-Roi 🌩 #Storms #Rain cc… https://t.co/7DSKutYlz1
— Quentin Rey (@quentinreyphoto)
The water level has also risen on the side of the Lèz which crosses the city. The forecasting engineer of Météo France Gaétan Heymes indicates on Twitter that “thehe flow of the coastal river was multiplied by 30 in a few minutes following the strong storm (…) which is now slowly shifting towards the east “.
The intense rains caused a #flash flood from #Lez to #Montpellier as the storm passed with some overflow… https://t.co/iI5rGy4EZR
— Meteo60 (@meteo60)
🌤️ The #sun has returned to the Rhone departments after the passage of the line of very electric #storms that… https://t.co/7Aji8pnLlZ
– Meteo-France South-East (@MeteoFrance_SE)
While another stormy episode should hit Montpellier in the afternoon, the mayor of the city, Michaël Delafosse, calls on the inhabitants to be careful in the face of the risk of runoff but also because of the lightning, which struck down two trees. of a city park on Sunday morning. In total, 100 mm of rain are expected in Montpellier during the day.
Extreme caution in the face of the stormy episode falling on #Montpellier, the Lez is about to get out of bed.… https://t.co/kruWaOHpMn
— Michaël Delafosse (@MDelafosse)
A waterspout also hit the Frontignan area to the southwest of the city. 40 houses were damaged, mainly in the almond tree district and the Normandy district, according to information from France 3which evokes an initial assessment of 2 minor injuries.
Investigation underway in the #Frontignan #Hérault sector to determine the course and the exact nature of the phenomenon… https://t.co/oFLnns7X3n
— Keraunos (@KeraunosObs)
🌪 #Waterspout off #frontignan #Herault this morning. This waterspout made landfall and caused some damage… https://t.co/RZvan9vwEj
– Meteo-France South-East (@MeteoFrance_SE)
While orange vigilance for risk of thunderstorms has been lifted for the departments of Hérault and Gard, seven departments are still concerned by the alert from Météo France this Sunday afternoon, namely Ain, Rhône, Loire, Haute-Loire, Ardèche, Drôme, as well as Isère.
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