Météo France indicates that 41 departments have been placed on orange vigilance for thunderstorms expected Saturday afternoon over a large central part of the territory.

The Rhône department is always on orange alert for heatwaves, with temperatures of 31 to 33 degrees and up to 34 degrees locally.

A total of 41 departments have been placed on orange vigilance for thunderstorms expected Saturday afternoon over a large central part of the territory, indicates Météo France, which also maintains the Rhône on orange vigilance for heatwaves.

The 14 new departments placed in orange vigilance at the end of the morning are: Allier (03), Cantal (15), Corrèze (19), Côte-d'Or (21), Creuse (23), Dordogne (24), Indre (36), Loire (42), Haute-Marne (52), Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), Moselle (57), Puy-de-Dôme (63 ), Saône-et-Loire (71) and Haute-Vienne (87).

Thunderstorms will intensify from mid-afternoon

They are added to the previous 27: the Aisne (02), the Ardennes (08), the Aube (10), the Cher (18), the Eure (27), the Eure-et-Loir (28 ), Loir-et-Cher (41), Loiret (45), Marne (51), Meuse (55), Nièvre (58), Nord (59), Oise (60), l 'Orne (61), Pas-de-Calais (62), Sarthe (72), Paris and the inner suburbs (75-92-93-94), Seine-Maritime (76), Seine-et-Marne (77), Yvelines (78), Somme (80), Yonne (89), Essonne (91) and Val-d'Oise (95).

After a period of calm, the risk of thunderstorms resumes during the day from the southwest, notes Météo France.

From the middle of the afternoon, the thunderstorms will organize and intensify.

They will be characterized by strong electrical activity, intense rains (20 to 50 mm in a short time), hail and gusts of wind often close to 80 km / h, which can locally exceed 100 km / h.

These storms evacuate towards Belgium during the next night.

Météo France emphasizes that in the departments placed in yellow vigilance, a risk of violent thunderstorms also exists, particularly from the South-West to the Massif Central, but these thunderstorms should remain more localized.

The Rhône on an orange heatwave alert

Concerning the Rhône, placed on orange heat wave alert, the heat is maintained with values ​​of 31 to 33 degrees, locally 34 degrees. After a night from Saturday to Sunday still hot and minimum temperatures between 20 and 22 degrees, drop expected Sunday with a stormy degradation.