18 minutes ago! 173 thousand families were left homeless! Historic storm in France!

Hurricane Gerard, which left 100,000 homes without power and damaged road, rail and ferry routes from high winds and downed trees. Météo France has warned of increased winds and heavy rainfall in the southwest, as well as occasional snowfall over the Massif Central as Fien crosses the country from the southwest to the northeast. Torrential rains have lashed Paris following a recent heat wave in France that flooded metro stations in the French capital. Météo France has declared an orange alert level, the department is currently being hit by the first storms. However, emergency services did not report any significant damage, with only about twenty roofs damaged by falling trees or hail in Ivelin. In Essonne, a tree fell on the catenary of the D RER line, causing traffic to stop. Major rivers in two departments placed on yellow alert due to “risk of rapid rise during storm“ but “spill not expected“ The storm quickly crossed ten dep