Evacuated Campsite and Heavy Rains (Finally) in the South-East
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The storms caused very heavy rainfall but little "major damage" in the Alpes-Maritimes. In the Var, hundreds of households were deprived of electricity.
On the night of Thursday 20 to Friday 21 August 2026, heavy weather accompanied by several thunderstorms occurred in both departments. The multiple lightning strikes led to the intervention of the rescue several times.
The Var and the Alpes-Maritimes are always placed in orange alert for a risk of rain floods and storms
After weeks of heat, the sky raged on the French Riviera. Heavy rains and severe thunderstorms hit the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes during the night of Thursday to Friday, August 21, 2026, with more than 130 mm of precipitation recorded in some communes, thousands of lightnings and thousands of private households of electricity. Back in images on this spectacular weather episode.
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