Snow in the north of France, five deaths in fires in Los Angeles, Plaza trial: the news to remember this afternoon

The North and Pas-de-Calais under a white coat. The two departments found themselves under a snow disturbance during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, causing disruptions on the roads. Two people died, one who fell fatally on a slippery sidewalk in Croix, near Lille, and a homeless person, who died of hypothermia in Valenciennois, Bertrand Gaume, prefect of the Hauts-region, told franceinfo. from-France. In addition, two “significant” accidents were reported, and 55 people were injured in total, he declared earlier.

These two departments, as well as the Somme, where five centimeters of snow were recorded locally this Thursday morning, remain on orange alert for snow-ice for next night and until Friday morning, due to a “refreezing episode”. marked,” indicated Météo France in its latest bulletin. “The most significant snow activity is starting to shift eastward,” according to the forecast agency.

Furthermore, several departments in the North and West of the country are placed on orange alert for floods: Oise, Seine-Maritime, Eure, Calvados, Ille-et-Vilaine, Vendée and the Deux-Sèvres. “In Normandy, Brittany and the Center-West, significant floods are currently observed and damaging levels could be observed on rivers placed on orange vigilance”, according to the Vigicrues service, which anticipates an “improvement” for SATURDAY.

A good surprise for some nine million French people, after often costly end-of-year celebrations: an envelope will be paid to them by the tax authorities on January 15, representing an amount of 5.8 billion euros for the State. On that day, those concerned will receive a transfer to their bank account for an average amount of 639 euros with the wording “ADVANCE CREDIMPOT”.

This is an advance of reductions and tax credits, in particular for childcare costs, the employment of an employee at home or rental investment expenses. It corresponds to 60% of the total amount of tax reductions and credits (RICI) declared in spring 2024 for expenses incurred in 2023 ― total amount which appears on the last income tax notice, received last summer .