Also in the Gard department, the end of classes rang earlier than expected for all students to allow them to return home safely. “The director warned the parents that we could pick them up from 4 p.m.,” recalls a mother. In this department, the firefighters told AFP that the first wave of storms did not cause significant damage, apart from a floor of 50 m2 which collapsed without causing any victims. A dozen interventions were carried out, with “starts of fires due to lightning, roof covering and water shortages”. These thunderstorms should continue for a good part of the night.