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Laurent Derne
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Météo France has just placed two departments of Occitanie on orange alert for thunderstorms, this Saturday June 8, 2024. This is the Gers and Hautes-Pyrénées.
Heavy rain, numerous lightning, hail…
According to vigilance bulletin established by forecasters at 6 a.m., “the region is affected by a warm and humid air mass. Due to an altitude depression coming back from Spain, this air is becoming unstable at the end of the afternoon to give heavy rain storms in the west of the region.
As a result, the two departments located to the west of the Pyrenees will be in the front row to see the sky unleashed. “During the evening of Saturday and (the) following night, a stormy deterioration developed over the southwest of the region. These storms are associated with high electrical currents And rainy. Of the hail is also expected,” warns Météo France.
marginal departments also concerned
Uncertainties remain regarding the exact location of the most virulent storms. And Météo France warns: “the departments on the fringes of those in orange vigilance may also be affected by locally strong phenomena ». There Haute-Garonne and the Tarn-et-Garonnein this case.
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