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1:07 p.m. : Great question, thanks for asking. I must confess that I have no answer. She was probably attending an event in disguise. Or maybe she just wanted to kick the water?
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1:06 p.m. : Hello FI, I came across your Direct about thunderstorms and I can’t think of anything else: why in the illustration photo, is the woman on the left brandishing a sword while running under the downpour? I’m stuck 🙂
12:42 p.m. : Due to the storms which will affect the department at the end of the afternoon, the prefecture of Gard asks the colleges and high schools of the department to anticipate the school leaving of the pupils this afternoon, reports France Bleu Gard Lozere. Outings will take place at the beginning of the afternoon for all school children to allow them to return home before 3 p.m.
12:10 p.m. : It is a little after noon, and here is an update on the main news headlines:
Thirteen departments, from Ain to Bouches-du-Rhône, are still on orange alert for thunderstorms. Heavy rains fell on Nîmes, in the Gard, last night. Follow our live.
Former UDI MP, Jean-Christophe Lagardehas been placed in police custody in the case of the false accusations against Alexis Corbière and Raquel Garrido.
The executive presents this morning in the Council of Ministers its unemployment insurance reform. “When things are going very well, the rules have to be more incentive”defends the Minister of Labour.
• Russia asks for “clarifications” to the IAEA after the publication of its report on the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. “LThe report contains a number of question marks”according to the head of Russian diplomacy. Follow our live.
11:53 : Note that Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Hérault and Vaucluse are also on orange alert due to the risk of rain and flooding.
11:51 a.m. : Now 13 departments are therefore on orange alert for thunderstorms: Ain, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Isère, Loire, Haute-Loire, Rhône, Var and Vaucluse.
11:48 : 🔶 13 dpts in #vigilanceOrangeStay informed on https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 https://t.co/XQz7QoEz2H
11:48 : The Var and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are in turn placed on orange vigilance for storms.
09:09 : It is a little after 9 a.m., we take stock of the main titles of the morning:
Eleven departments, from Ain to Hérault, are still on orange alert for storms. Heavy rains fell on Nîmes, in the Gard, last night. Follow our live.
The executive presents this morning in the Council of Ministers its unemployment insurance reform. “When things are going very well, the rules have to be more incentive”, said the Minister of Labour.
• Russia asks for “clarifications” to the IAEA after the publication of its report on the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. “LThe report contains a number of question marks”according to the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov.
• The doors to the US Open semi-finals are open for Caroline Garcia. The French clearly dominated the American Coco Gauff (6-3, 6-4) this night. She will try tomorrow to reach the final by facing the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
08:57 : Large numbers of firefighters were deployed last night due to bad weather in the Gard. They were some 400 firefighters mobilized in the department, including 84 flood specialists, tells us France 3 Occitanie.
07:43 : Throughout the country, the weather will still remain unstable today. Showers are expected in Gironde, but also in the Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Auvergne.
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06:22 : 🔴 LIVE 01:20 – Waterspouts continue to fall on #Nîmes and its surroundings. #floods are underway on the low points of the city, especially here on the City Hall area. Thanks to Sarah via Communauté Météo Gard for this video. #gard https://t.co/XoiwHv4vs8
06:21 : 🔴 Nîmes: ongoing flooding at multiple low points in the city, here on the southern ring road. https://t.co/7S78j5pHuX
07:44 : Here are some photos and videos of the heavy rains that fell last night in Nîmes (Gard). Faced with these downpours, the emergency services proceeded to “fifteen trips” of motorists who were welcomed in a gymnasium, according to the spokesperson for the department’s fire brigade. The firefighters also carried out around fifty minor interventions (manhole covers raised by the water, etc.) still in the Nîmes region.
06:16 : 😳 Extraordinary #nighttime #timelapse of the #storm that hit #Nîmes a few hours ago!📽️ @TheoGrez 👏https://t.co/6nqqZU4fQV
07:44 : Violent storms fell on the Gard this night, and in particular in Nîmes. Up to 135mm of rain fell in the city, a spokesman for the department’s fire department told AFP.
06:13 : 🔶 11 dpts in #vigilanceOrangeStay informed on https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 https://t.co/lrEZudT2RU
06:12 : The 11 departments in orange alert to thunderstorms are: Ain, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Isère, Loire, Haute-Loire, Rhône and Vaucluse. Gard, Hérault and Vaucluse are also placed on orange alert for the risk of rain and flooding.
06:09 : The red storm alert is lifted in the Gard. The department goes into orange vigilance, like ten other departments, from Ain to Hérault.
07:45 : And here is a first point on the news of the evening:
Météo France lifts red vigilance in the Gard, but places 11 departments, from Ain to Hérault, on orange alert for storms.
• The doors to the US Open semi-finals are open for Caroline Garcia. The French clearly dominated the American Coco Gauff (6-3, 6-4) this night. She will try tomorrow to reach the final by facing the Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
It was a “bad taste joke”. Criticized for having joked about the mode of travel of PSG by claiming to use the “yachting”, Christophe Galtier made his mea culpa last night. The coach spoke after the victory (2-1) against Juventus Turin in the Champions League.
The executive is presenting two sensitive bills to the Council of Ministers this morning: the reform of unemployment insurance and the orientation and programming bill for the Ministry of the Interior.