Bad storms in the area

Saint-Martin-de-Gurson has been hit by serious storms in the last few days and there are more on the way tonight (Tuesday). Hopefully the worst of the latest storms will be to the south of the house.

Satellite forecast.

Here’s the report from Sud Ouest:

Storms in Saint-Martin-de-Gurson.

The worst of the storms were very local as reported here:

Local vineyards lose their entire harvest and 800 chickens killed.

15,000 houses were without electricity for up to 36 hours:

Major operation for the sapeurs-pompiers.

Here’s a picture of one of the damaging hailstones taken by Ian:

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