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| Freezing rain could then last “between one and three hours, which could cause traffic difficulties”. |
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“A disturbance associated with a lot of mild air will sweep across the entire country in a southwest/northeast direction, this Saturday, January 4 and the night of Saturday, January 4 to Sunday, January 5. In the departments in orange, this disturbance will encounter a mass of cold air, causing snowfall and especially freezing rain for a few hours, until the mild air gains definitively.“, indicates the meteorologists' bulletin.
Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais, Bas-Rhin, Haut- Rhine, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Vosges and the Territoire de Belfort were already placed on orange vigilance.
The Ile-de-France departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir, Eure, Côte-d'Or, Aube and Haute-Saône were added. This episode will touch “the south of the area concerned at the end of the afternoon” and will leave “the northern borders at the end of the night from Saturday January 4 to Sunday January 5”.
Météo-France predicts snowfall “generally quite brief”, but warns that“They can be more persistent in the border departments of the Grand-Est, being able to reach up to five centimeters on the ground.”
Freezing rains may then last “between one and three hours, which could cause traffic difficulties.
“Traffic conditions may be difficult in the affected areas.also warns Bison Futé who calls on road users to “use extra caution, as well as find out about changes in weather and traffic conditions before leaving.”
In Corrèze, a department not yet classified as vigilant, an accident involving a heavy goods vehicle and three cars occurred at 8:00 a.m. on the A89 between the Egletons and Ussel-Ouest exits, according to Vinci Autoroutes.
The accident, which caused a minor injury, could have been caused by the freezing rain that fell in the area, according to the Egletons gendarmes. The A89 was then cut for 2h30 in the Bordeaux-Clermont direction, causing traffic jams, Vinci Autoroutes said.
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