While on Friday, June 18th, thousands of homes in south west France were without electricity after violent overnight storms after an early summer heatwave ended with a thunderous bang. Météo-France’s forecast said that ‘thunderstorms could start as early as Saturday afternoon [in parts of south west France] … but they should multiply overnight and during the day on Sunday’. The weekend will end with occasionally violent storms, with heavy rainfall and strong winds, forecast over most of the country. But the consensus of opinion is that we should expect rain and storms for a few days to come. Storms are not unusual at this time of year – they are most common in France in June, July and August, with an average of 15 to 20 stormy days each summer.

Source: The Local June 25, 2021 14:00 UTC