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After three months of drought, strong thunderstorms hit southeastern France, causing heavy rainfall and localized flooding. Hundreds of homes in the Var department were left without electricity, though major damage was reported as limited.
France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned that the Var department faces a "very high risk" of wildfires between 4 PM and 10 PM on Saturday, as numerous hotspots persist and strong winds, particularly the mistral, are expected to pick up.
A major wildfire is burning in the Var department of Southern France, located between Marseille and Nice, leading to the evacuation of approximately 400 residents. The blaze has already destroyed over 2,500 hectares of natural land.
A specialized Romanian national module is continuing its mission in France, assisting French firefighters in the Var department to contain and extinguish ongoing forest fires.
A 23-year-old man has been charged with a series of intentionally set fires in the Var department of southern France, with one fire near Gros Bessillon still not under control.
An invasive species of 'horror ants,' known for their particularly painful, electric-shock-like sting, has been reported in the Var department, near Saint-Tropez, in southern France.
A wildfire in France's mountainous southeastern Var department, which had previously been brought under control, flared up again, forcing authorities to evacuate nearly 2,500 people overnight. Most of the 224,000 evacuees have since been allowed to return home.
Departamentul pentru Situaţii de Urgenţă (DSU) informează, luni, că pompierii români specializaţi în stingerea incendiilor de pădure intervin pentru sprijinirea autorităţilor franceze, în…
US also sees active few days of severe convective storms, while record breaking heat recorded in parts of South Africa On Monday 9 March, severe thunderstorms affected parts of southern France, with several departments including Hérault, Var, and the Alpes-Maritimes put under yellow alert for heavy rain. Some of the heaviest rainfall totals came from a cell that passed over the Var department. Examples of high rainfall totals taken from some private weather stations come from the towns of Car...