Heavy rain on Tuesday morning caused flooding in Montpellier. The tram
system stopped operating and several main roads were blocked. Some schools
advised their pupils to stay at home. Around 8000 people lost electric
power after violent thunderstorms in the Aveyron department on Monday night.
All mainline trains were cancelled on Tuesday afternoon in
Languedoc-Roussillon and about 30 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

On Tuesday night the Gard and Hérault departments were affected by heavy
rain and thunderstorms. Many secondary roads became impassable. The A9
motorway between Narbonne and Orange was closed overnight and the
Nîmes-Montpellier motorway was blocked in places. At Lalonde-des-Maures in
the Var department about 30 small boats in the harbour were wrenched from
their moorings and thrown against the quayside. In Bormes-les-Mimosas and
Le Lavandou 2 campsites had to be evacuated and some streets were flooded up
to 1 metre deep.

Colin Youngs
Brussels