Showers are heavy this Thursday with flooding particularly in the Rhône, the Loire and Occitanie. Bad weather which causes malfunctions in transport and on the roads. BFM Business takes stock of the situation at midday.
Météo-France issued this Thursday a new vigilance for storms, rain-floods and floods, placing 4 departments in red (Loire, Ardèche, Haute-Loire and Rhîne) and 20 southern departments in orange, leading to closures of establishments schools, particularly in the Alpes-Maritimes.
And in fact, the downpours are heavy with flooding particularly in the Rhône, the Loire and Occitanie, causing major disruptions in transport and on the roads. Here is the mid-day update.
• Routes
The Rhône prefecture has decided to close the A47 motorway this Thursday morning. The motorway was closed at interchange no. 1 “Givors Ouest” in the Saint-Etienne/Lyon direction and at Ternay, in the Lyon/Saint-Etienne direction.
The prefecture also reports that the departmental roads D488, D502, D103 and D342 are impassable. The authorities remind you that under no circumstances should you go on foot or by car on a submerged path or near a watercourse.
• SNCF
Rail traffic is also disrupted. No more TER trains run on the line linking Lyon and Saint-Étienne. Traffic is not expected to resume before Friday, October 18 in the morning. On X, the SNCF informs users that coaches have been ordered to take care of travelers.
Rail traffic in the Rhône Valley is also disrupted by this weather deterioration, indicates the SNCF.
Rail traffic is completely interrupted on several lines north and north-east of Toulouse for the entire day,” liO Train SNCF Occitanie announced on its website.
“In order to guarantee the safety of travelers and staff, a total interruption of traffic on the Toulouse-Rodez, Toulouse-Mazamet, Rodez-Brive, Montauban-Cahors-Brive, Toulouse-Figeac-Aurillac axes is planned for Thursday October 17 throughout during the day No road substitution will be put in place”, specifies liO Train SNCF Occitanie.
Traffic are also interrupted between Alès and Langogne until Friday October 18, 8 a.m. and between Bédarieux and Marvejols from Thursday October 17, 3 p.m. No road substitution will be offered.
In the South-East, the SNCF warns that “strong winds, rain and storms could disrupt train and bus traffic in the southern region all day”.
In Burgundy-Franche-Conté, violent winds, rain and storms “could disrupt the circulation of MOBIGO trains and buses in the Jura, Côte d’Or and Saone et Loire region until October 18 at 9 a.m.” .
• Aerial
Finally, on the air side, Nice airport has warned that “due to bad weather conditions throughout Europe, certain flights may be affected by delays”.
Olivier Chicheportiche Journalist BFM Business
