France is bracing for severe thunderstorms on Wednesday after months of drought, scorching heat and forest fires.
These storms would cause flooding in many areas.
The Meteorological Authority declared a state of alert in 13 regions, many of which are located on the coasts of the Mediterranean, in the region of Lyon (central east), Normandy (northwest) and on the northern coasts near Belgium.
The National Weather Service warned of “thunderstorms, with a level of between forty and sixty millimeters in a short time” on the coasts of Normandy and the province of “Pas-de-Calais”.
Relief crews said that a thunderstorm hit the southeast region, on Tuesday night, without causing any damage.
The soil, hardened by the drought that hits France this summer, will not be able to absorb all the rain, facilitating flash floods.
Currently, the rains have not caused casualties, but they have caused disturbances in the movement of people, especially in the capital, Paris, where many metro stations that were closed were flooded.
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