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2:03 p.m. : It is 2 p.m., we rewind the news of the morning:
• The funeral of the French cartoonist, Jean-Jacques Sempé, must begin at 2 p.m. in Paris.
The state of natural disaster will be declared in Corsica next Wednesday, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed this morning. The violent storms have done a lot of damage, especially in campsites.
Mortality on the roads is rising. In all, 354 people died on the roads in July 2022, compared to 316 in July 2021, according to estimates by the National Interministerial Observatory for Road Safety (ONISR).
• A man was killed and another injured by the police, after a refusal to comply during a road check in Vénissieux (Rhône), learned franceinfo from police sources.
• Apple recommends that owners of certain models of iPhone, iPad and Mac update their operating software, which has a security flaw allowing them to take control of these devices.
12:27 : “We couldn’t see two meters away. I was trying to stand to stay upright while understanding what was going on.”
Romain was on board a boat off Corsica when the storm broke. He tells how he experienced this storm at sea at France 3 Pacawhile he was with six teenagers and two other adults.
12:39 : Patrick Marlière, meteorologist, explains what the arcus is, “which is part of those cumulonimbus clouds that accompany thunderstorms” like the one observed yesterday in Corsica. “In the Mediterranean, the temperature of the water (…) serves as a motor for these clouds and they are even more intense and more productive of violent phenomena”he explains.
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12:14 p.m. : It’s noon, we rewind the news of the morning:
• Orange vigilance for thunderstorms is lifted in the two Corsican departments. Violent storms made five dead and 20 injuredyesterday, on the Isle of Beauty.
• A state of natural disaster will be declared in Corsica next Wednesday, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirmed this morning. The violent storms have done a lot of damage, especially in campsites.
• A man was killed and another injured by the police, after a refusal to comply during a road check in Vénissieux (Rhône), learned franceinfo from police sources.
• Apple recommends that owners of certain models of iPhone, iPad and Mac update their operating software, which has a security flaw allowing them to take control of these devices.
11:17 a.m. : “We expected winds of 100 km / h (…) and they reached up to 220 km / h“, underlines Gérald Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior specifies that he will request an investigation into the triggering of orange vigilance.
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11:13 a.m. : “These are absolutely exceptional winds which formed in a few minutes. (…) The orange alert fell a few minutes before [les intempéries]so the evacuation of the campsites was impossible.”
11:03 am : This state of natural disaster will “in particular to allow professionals to be compensated quickly”, emphasizes Gérald Darmanin. The Minister announces that he will return to Corsica in September, to continue to follow this file.
11:06 : The state of natural disaster will be declared in Corsica next Wednesday, confirms the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
11:03 am : “The vacationers who were evacuated [hier soir] will be able to find the campsites today, if they wish, or be relocated in the event that the campsites can no longer accommodate them [en raison des dégâts].“
11:08 : “We have reassuring news about the injured, especially those who were in serious condition.”
11:00 : Gérald Darmanin is currently in a campsite in Calvi (Haute-Corse), the day after the violent storms which killed five people and injured 20 in Corsica. Follow our live.
11:00 : “The increase in water temperature causes extreme phenomena”, recalls Christian Buchet, director of the Center for Marine Studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris. The temperature of the Mediterranean, very hot this summer, is according to him one of the factors which can explain (at least in part) the violence of the storms in Corsica.
10:21 a.m. : Orange vigilance for thunderstorms is lifted in the two Corsican departments. The Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of Corse-du-Sud did not mention any major intervention or notable event during the night. In Haute-Corse, only “four minor interventions” mobilized firefighters.
09:19 : Here is a new point on the news:
• A man was killed and another injured by the police, after a refusal to comply during a road check in Vénissieux (Rhône), learned franceinfo from police sources.
• Again “widespread thunderstorms” fell on Corsica last night. The two Corsican departments are on orange alert, while “heavy rainfall is expected on the west of the island”. Follow our live.
• Yesterday, a particularly violent first stormy episode killed five people and 20 injured, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior. Gérald Darmanin had mistakenly announced a sixth death in the evening.
• Apple recommends that owners of certain models of iPhone, iPad and Mac update their operating software, which has a security flaw allowing them to take control of these devices.
09:00 : Picture taken just now. A storm cell is back in Ajaccio in Corsica. @RTLFrance
09:00 : On Twitter, an RTL journalist shares a photo of the storms returning to Ajaccio this morning.
08:32 : The night was “fortunately calmer” in Corsica, with “normal rain”and happened “as good as possible”according to the President of the Executive Council of the Corsica community, Gilles Simeoni. “I think people [évacuées] will be able to return to their different campsites during the day”he says, recalling that the decision “falls under the prefectural authority”.
08:08 : The violent storms in Corsica, which killed five people and injured 20, made the front page of several newspapers this morning.
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07:53 : Hello @ElisabethA. A toll-free number has been set up by the prefecture of Corse-du-Sud, to reach the public information unit: 04 95 11 12 92. Good luck to you.
08:00 : We have no news of our children who were at the Sole e Vista campsite? How to do ?
06:46 : Several campsites were evacuated last night, in anticipation of overnight storms. In Haute-Corse, 5,400 people “hosted in the most exposed campsites (Calvi, Calenzana, Aregno, Algajola, Corbara and Monticello) have been made safe”, according to the prefecture. Orange vigilance in Corsica is in effect until 9 a.m.
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06:46 : The two Corsican departments remain on orange alert to thunderstorms, rain and floods. “Active thunderstorms are still forming at sea, explains Meteo France. Gusts of 97 km/h were measured at Cape Sagro and 80 km/h at Ile Rousse.“ The coasts are the most exposed to bad weather, especially the west coast.
07:53 : Here are the titles of this Friday morning:
• Again “widespread thunderstorms” fell on Corsica last night. The two Corsican departments are on orange alert, while “heavy rainfall is expected on the west of the island”.
• Yesterday, a particularly violent first stormy episode killed five people and 20 injured, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior. Gérald Darmanin had mistakenly announced a sixth death in the evening.
• Apple recommends that owners of certain models of iPhone, iPad and Mac update their operating software, which has a security flaw allowing them to take control of these devices.
• The UN Secretary General warned yesterday that any damage to the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, would be a “suicide”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he fears a “New Chernobyl” on this site.