orange vigilance maintained, measures put in place

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Météo France announced it, and it was not wrong. While the official meteorology and climatology service in France had placed Val-d'Oise on orange snow and ice alert for the day of Thursday, November 21, 2024, large flakes appeared in the middle to fall without warning. discontinuity throughout the day.

If Météo France announced 1 to 3 cm of snow on the groundhowever, we would be closer to around fifteen centimeters, or even more locally. Precipitation which should stop during the evening. However, orange snow-ice vigilance remains maintained in Val-d'Oise until Friday November 22, 2024 at noon.

“The end of the orange vigilance is delayed until 12 p.m. due to persistent refreezing and snow showers forecast for late night and Friday morning,” specifies Météo France.

While negative temperatures are forecast during the night, the roadways are expected to dangerously slippery Friday November 22, 2024 in the morning.

Reduced speed, overtaking prohibited

To guarantee the safety of all, preventive measures were put in place by the Val-d'Oise prefecture in terms of road traffic : “The speed is lowered by 20 km/h on the axes concerned by the prefectural decree across the entire network. Overtaking is prohibited for goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes. »

State services also specified, in their situation update at 5 p.m.: “At this stage, no roads are closed, but users are asked to exercise caution when traveling. Road managers carry out preventive salting operations on the entire road network and will intervene if necessary for snow removal. »

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