A Level 3 severe weather outbreak is sweeping across Europe with destructive hail, damaging winds, flash floods, and potential tornadoes impacting multiple countries on June 4, 2025.
Powerful thunderstorms swept across France on May 10 and 11, 2025, causing widespread flooding, hail damage, and disruptions in the regions of Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. While no fatalities were reported, the storms caused significant property damage, agricultural losses, and transport disruptions across several departments.
Severe hailstorm hit Paris on May 3, 2025, as a low pressure system over the Iberian Peninsula triggered widespread storms across southern France.
A major power outage affected Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France on April 28, 2025, causing widespread disruptions in transport, communication, and public services.
At least 4 people died in Italy and France as Storm Hans battered the countries with heavy rains, floods, and snow since Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Many areas in lowland Italy have received over 300–500 mm (12–20 inches) of rainfall, triggering landslides and causing rivers to swell, while heavy snow in the Alps has caused avalanches in France.
A bright fireball streaked across the sky south of London, U.K., at 18:36 UTC on February 26, 2025.
Storm Herminia has been battering Normandy and Brittany since January 25, 2025, causing widespread flooding, evacuations, and school closures. At least two people have lost their lives.
Storm Caetano swept through France on Thursday, November 21, 2024, bringing an unseasonal winter episode with powerful winds reaching 131 km/h (81 mph) and heavy snowfall of up to 16 cm (6.3 inches). The storm caused widespread disruptions, including power outages for over 250 000 homes, severe traffic halts with 5 000 vehicles stranded, and a major accident on Route A6B near Paris that injured 36 people.
A slow-moving storm brought extremely heavy rains to parts of France on Thursday, October 17, 2024, with the Ardèche Cévennes region experiencing rainfall totals as high as 700 mm (27.6 inches). This led to widespread flooding and approximately 350 rescue operations. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister of Ecological Transition, said the region is facing a situation that is unprecedented in its scale.
Torrential rains from Ex-Hurricane “Kirk” caused widespread flooding across Seine-et-Marne, France, on Thursday, October 10, 2024, with several rivers surpassing water levels recorded during the 2016 floods. The Grand Morin River rose to 3.66 m (12 feet), prompting evacuations and power outages in affected areas. Other regions were also severely impacted, including Paris, where the National Assembly was inundated.
