A view through a vehicle window shows people walking in the rain in Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 06 April 2026. Unsettled spring weather continues across Kashmir as intermittent rain, thunderstorms, gusty winds and cloudy skies persist under the influence of a western disturbance, with authorities warning of further rainfall in the plains and fresh snowfall in higher reaches, keeping temperatures cooler than usual and disrupting daily life. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN In Saint-Victurnien, in the ,central Haute-Vienne department, a woman died after a tree fell on her on Thursday evening, and in Dolomieu to the east a man was found burned to death late on Thursday in a workshop that caught fire after being struck by lightning, AFP reported on Friday.
Grid operator Enedis said on Friday that 53,000 households were left without power, with cuts affecting mainly the Auvergne Rhone-Alpes area in the Southeast and the Nouvelle Aquitaine in the Southwest.
Weather service Météo-France on Friday lifted the orange alert for thunderstorms in all the departments of Southeastern France that were previously affected, having earlier warned of large hailstones and gusts of wind from the Massif Central to the Alps.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Andrei Khalip)