The thunderstorms left three injured and caused significant material damage.
🔴 ALERTE INFO
Orages: 15.000 foyers sont toujours privés d'électricité ce vendredi matin en Occitaniehttps://t.co/9CT6nG7jV1 pic.twitter.com/yGTF0oXKrr— BFMTV (@BFMTV) June 18, 2021
In case of electrical damage, companies recommend “never touching fallen cables”, “alerting any anomalies (cables that are too close to the ground, collapsing electricity posts, etc.) to Enedis (the company responsible for the management of France’s electricity network).
Enedis reminded people in the affected area to “never touch an object that is in contact with an electrical line”, and “observe the areas marked as danger zones”.
🔴#EnDirect : épisode orageux 🌧️⛈️en cours en @Occitanie avec notamment des vents violents en @HauteGaronne 👉Nos équipes sont mobilisées au service des clients impactés !
Rappel des consignes à respecter en cas d'incident sur le réseau #électrique 👇 pic.twitter.com/VJtxfzVpPG
— Enedis Midi-Py Sud (@enedis_pyr_S) June 17, 2021
Storms will persist over a large part of the country, but on Friday morning Météo France downgraded the warning from “orange” (level three out of four) to “yellow” for most of the country.
In addition the Rhône département remains on orange heatwave alert.
🔶 1 dpt en #vigilanceOrange
Restez informés sur https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 pic.twitter.com/PkRoGmjJPN
— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) June 18, 2021
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