During the night from Saturday to Sunday, a wave of violent storms crossed the south of France from west to east, causing significant material damage.
In Bordeaux, headquarters of LPS France , the Saint-Michel spire, a tall historic building, was struck by lightning as shown in this video:
Read the press articles:
- Lightning strikes the Saint-Michel spire in Bordeaux
- Lightning strikes the tram in Bordeaux, the line was interrupted near the airport
- A house destroyed by lightning in Dordogne
- Lightning strikes a building, a house and a farmhouse
- A house struck by lightning in the Hautes-Pyrenees, “It looked like a bomb”, says the owner