Overview

• Météo-France placed 28 departments from the Pyrenees to Bas-Rhin under orange vigilance from 14:00 local time Wednesday, with Vosges, Haut-Rhin and Territoire de Belfort added in the latest update.
• Rainfall intensities of 20–40 mm in one hour are expected with local totals of 50–80 mm over the episode, alongside large hail and wind gusts that could reach 90–100 km/h.
• Most areas are expected to be downgraded to yellow by midnight, while Doubs, Jura, Ain, Haute-Saône, Haut-Rhin, Vosges, Lozère, Gard and Hérault remain orange until 06:00 Thursday.
• Météo-France says coastal departments in the PACA region could be brought under orange later, and neighboring yellow areas are being monitored for an upgrade.
• A woman in her forties died after a tree fell during Tuesday’s storm at a campsite in Nièvre, where about 770 evacuees returned to the site later that night, according to local officials.