Weather tracker: Southern France under yellow alert after severe thunderstorms

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...

By Faye Hulton and Oliver Lewis for MetDesk