Tag: Severe weather
Unprecedented bad weather leaves at least 100 dead
After the unprecedented floods in southern Brazil, the provisional toll shows 100 dead, 128 missing and 372 injured. The number of victims is likely to increase further given the catastrophic…
Very significant damage after the passage of a storm
Flooded roads, fallen trees and several homes without electricity… The passage of a violent storm on Sunday in the Bergerac area (Dordogne) left its mark. Huge supercell thunderstorm #bergerac in…
A victim in Aisne, two weeks of rain fell in one night in Paris and 23,000 lightning strikes spotted
The violent storms, accompanied by hailstones and heavy rain, which hit Ile-de-France on Wednesday evening subsided overnight, we learned from Météo-France. In fact, the orange “rain flood” alert has been…
A month of rain fell in one day, a train is derailed by a landslide
A real deluge. On Sunday, around 75 mm of precipitation fell in the Lyon region. That’s the equivalent of a month of rain. The old record dated April 22, 1948…
Eight departments on orange alert for storms
Charente, Gironde, Dordogne, Lot, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne and Gers. Here is the list of eight French departments placed on orange vigilance by Météo-France this Saturday. According to forecasters, major storms…
Towards a new Cévennes episode “remarkable for the season” planned for this weekend
Languedoc should experience a new Cévennes episode this weekend. An episode described as “remarkable for the season” by the Météo Languedoc site. The episode should mainly affect the Cévennes, but…
Typhoons, floods, Asia is the continent most affected by weather disasters
Typhoons, storms, floods, droughts… In 2023, Asia was “the region of the world most affected by disasters” linked to weather according to a report released Tuesday by the UN. No…
What is this “extreme heat stress” which has broken a record in Europe?
The term has been used by many media since the publication of an alarming report from the European Copernicus Observatory and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In their 2023 report,…
Water still rising in areas hit by major flooding
Russia and Kazakhstan are experiencing major flooding. Authorities in both countries said Sunday that water continues to rise in some of the affected regions, where the peak is expected in…
A cloud of sand from the Sahara will cross France this weekend, what are the health risks?
A cloud of sand from the Sahara is predicted for the weekend of April 6 and 7 in France. This weather phenomenon will cause increased heat as well as potential…