Several départements across northern and central France have been placed on orange alert for thunderstorms on Thursday as forecasters warn of a heightened risk of severe weather.
Around 850,000 homes in south-west France were without power on Thursday and large parts of the country were on flood alert as Storm Nils swept in from the Atlantic.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday arrived in Mayotte to assess the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, as rescuers raced to search for survivors and supply desperately needed aid.
France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he would soon visit Mayotte in the aftermath of a cyclone that ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory, with hundreds feared dead.
Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left at least seven people dead, local authorities said on Sunday.
Pas-de-Calais has been placed on red weather alert again as it braces for further flooding, while seven other French départements are on orange warnings.
Storm Ciaran is set to reach northwestern France on Wednesday evening bringing dangerous winds of up to 170 km/h and a risk of floods. Authorities have urged people to avoid leaving the house.
Three départements in northern France were on alert for violent storms on Friday after Paris and other parts of the country were hit by downpours and the Eiffel Tower was struck by lightning (see pic).
French rescue services stepped up their search efforts on Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage
and killing one person.
Much of southwestern France was on weather alert Saturday and 40,000 homes without power following gale-force
winds and flooding that left one person dead, another missing and five injured.
Storm winds blasted southwest France Sunday, whipping up giant ocean waves, uprooting trees and leaving some 140,000 people without electricity, authorities said.
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A huge tornado ripped across southwest Luxembourg on Friday leaving at least seven people injured, authorities said, as images posted on social media showed the powerful twister whipping roofs and other debris into the air.
Farmers in southeast France have been left counting the costs from lost harvests after fierce storms battered the region with hail the size of ping-pong balls, decimating orchards and vineyards just as the summer season was kicking into high gear.
Thousands of people from all over France came to pay tribute to the three ocean rescuers who were killed in a storm off the coast of Les Sables-d'Olonne last week.
France has been lashed by violent storms for the past few weeks and 28 more departments were on alert on Tuesday. Forecasters say the lightning, thunder, hail and downpours are set to last a while longer.
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UPDATED: Storm Eleanor lashed France with winds of up to 147km/h on Wednesday morning that brought down trees, left 200,000 homes without power, caused flight delays at Charles de Gaulle airport and caused the death of a skier in the Alps.
The French weather service has placed most of north and eastern France on alert for wild weather as Storm Eleanor looks set to lash the country with winds of up to 120km/h.
