Already hit yesterday by violent storms, the Rhône and the city of Lyon should be affected again by bad weather of the same magnitude this Thursday.

Météo-France has placed the department on storm orange vigilance, the meteorological establishment locally forecasts precipitation of up to 20 to 30 mm in less than 30 minutes.

⛈️🟠The Rhône department and the metropolis of Lyon are placed by @meteofrance in orange vigilance #storms.

Heavy rain, hail and wind gusts of 60 to 80 km/h are forecast.


Be careful.

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— Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region (@prefetrhone) June 23, 2022


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The town hall of Lyon has therefore decided to close all of the city's parks for the whole afternoon.

No worries for those who wanted to enjoy the parks this weekend, the stormy episode should end at the end of the evening for a return to normal from this Friday.

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