Météo-France placed, overnight, nine departments in the center-east on orange alert for “strong winds”, from midnight on the night of Sunday to Monday and until 6 p.m. The departments affected by the strong gusts linked to storm Bert are: Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Loire, Haute-Loire, Rhône, Ain, Jura and Isère.
“During the night from Sunday to Monday, the wind accelerated and reached 100-110 km/h, particularly in Lyonnais, the Givors sector, up to the northern plains of Auvergne and Saône-et-Loire. , with values for the Gier valley and the Haute-Loire valleys that can reach or exceed 120 km/h at peak”, explains a Météo-France bulletin on Sunday.
© Radio France – source: Météo France
Trains canceled preventively
Consequences of the predicted violent winds, the SNCF is taking the lead and has decided to cancel all trains on Monday morning between Clermont-Ferrand and Paris, as well as several regional lines departing from Clermont-Ferrand. Trains are not running to prevent passengers from finding themselves blocked by obstacles that have fallen on the tracks.
Same train cancellations in the departments of Loire and Haute-Loire. Particularly for the Lyon – Saint-Étienne – Le Puy en Velay, Saint-Étienne – Roanne – Montbrison and Lyon – Roanne – Clermont-Ferrand lines. SNCF invites travelers to postpone their trip or check their train timetables before going to the station on the site or the app.
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