Strong gusts of wind are expected this afternoon © Fotolia
After the few snowflakes, the wind will pick up in Maine-et-Loire. Météo-France has just placed the department on orange alert due to strong winds expected this afternoon.
« The westerly wind sets in at the very beginning of Thursday on the Atlantic coast, then progresses inland by Thursday afternoon. We expect frequent gusts of up to 110 to 120 km/h in the orange departments. On the coast and the islands, gusts reach 120 to 130 km/h or locally more on Quiberon, the Morbihan Islands and as far as the Côte d'Amour in Loire-Atlantique. The wind is first oriented west in the morning then turns northwest behind the depression this afternoon. The wind weakens more clearly for Thursday evening and the episode ends », Indicates Météo-France in its bulletin.
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