Illustration of a very gray sky. On Sunday August 16, the weather will remain rough after heavy thunderstorms overnight. - Pixabay

The thunderstorms caused some damage last night, especially in Brittany. Indeed, the patients of a psychiatric clinic in Bohars (Finistère), near Brest, were evacuated overnight from Saturday to Sunday due to a ruptured pipes due to storms, announced the Brest University Hospital.

“Following a broken pipe at the Iroise clinic around 11:00 pm this Saturday, it was noted that it was impossible to continue the activity. Of the 47 patients present, 11 were able to return to their homes, ”the Brest hospital center, which received 13 patients, said in a statement. The remaining patients were evacuated to other care facilities.

For this Sunday, after these violent thunderstorms, end of orange vigilance, but the sun is scarce… The 11 departments of the Center-West which had been placed on Saturday in orange vigilance for fairly strong thunderstorms returned Sunday to yellow vigilance.

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- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) August 15, 2020

New thunderstorms and sunny spells

The thunderstorms shift in the morning to the east, from the Massif Central to the Paris region, then to Hauts-de-France. In the rear, the weather is temporarily calmer with only a few showers and clearings developing. New thunderstorms develop from the Charente to the Belgian border in the afternoon. In the Southwest, the morning rains are replaced by clearings.

The sky remains very cloudy near the Pyrenees with some showers. In the east of the country, the morning unfolds under a variable sky. In the afternoon, the weather turns stormy in the Center-East. They can be strong in the evening and the following night with hailstorms. In the northeast, thunderstorms are less numerous.

On the shores of the Mediterranean, the clearings are present after the dissipation of the sea entrances around the Gulf of Lion.

And on the temperature side?

The minimums are between 14 and 16 degrees in the North-West, 15 to 19 degrees elsewhere, up to 21 to 24 degrees on the Mediterranean coast. The highs are falling over the west with 20 to 25 degrees. On the east facade, they are between 26 and 31 degrees, up to 32 to 33 in Provence.

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