At least two people died in severe thunderstorms that struck France during the night, following a prolonged heatwave. In Saint-Victurnien, central France, a woman died after a tree fell on her Thursday evening. On the same day, a man was found burned to death in a workshop that caught fire due to lightning in Dolomieu, east France. According to Enedis, the electricity distribution network operator, 53,000 households were left without power on Friday, primarily affecting areas in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in southeast France and Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwest France. The French Meteorological Service, Meteo-France, lifted the orange-level warning for thunderstorm activity across all departments in southeastern France affected earlier in the week, having previously warned of strong storms and wind gusts from the Massif Central to the Alps.
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