the level 2 icy snow plan activated from Thursday 11 a.m.

Motorists are urged to be vigilant on Thursday. Faced with the risk of snowfall for the first time in winter 2024/2025 in Paris, the Paris police headquarters announced this Wednesday the implementation of the level 2 ice snow plan in Île-de-France from Thursday, November 21, from 11 a.m. First repercussion, the speed is lowered “20km/h on all roads” in all departments of the region.

Thus, Yvelines, Val-d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Paris are affected by this measure. to face the “Snowfall expected from 1 to 3cm”.

Another measure implied by this plan, vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes will not be able to “carry out overtaking maneuvers on the main roads of Île-de-France”. The prefecture also recommends that users use public transport or plan “minimum equipment (warm clothing, food, water, etc.) in case you are forced to wait several hours on the road in your vehicle.”

Forty-nine departments on orange alert

Forty-nine departments were placed on orange alert from Thursday morning by Météo-France, thirty-two for snow and ice on an axis going from North Brittany to the Grand-Est, and seventeen for strong winds further south. south.

“On Thursday, the Caetano depression will cross France from west to east, and will cause snowfall to the north of its trajectory on an axis going from North Brittany/Normandy to the Grand-Est, and strong winds in its southern part, notably from the Atlantic coasts to the Alps”specifies Météo-France. Depression “will give snow, 1 to 3 cm possible in Paris and Petite Couronne, up to 7 cm in Essonne and more in the regions further east and at altitude (up to 20 cm on the Belfort side) » warns the forecaster.