This morning, the Bretons and Normans woke up with their gardens and beaches whitened by snow. Then, in the morning, it was the Parisians who were surprised by the powder snow. In total, more than 50 departments are placed on orange alert for snow, ice and wind due to storm Caetano this Thursday, November 21 and traffic conditions were “very delicate” in the north-western quarter of the country at midday. . Orne, where thirty salt spreaders are in action according to the prefect, seems particularly affected with ten road accidents already recorded. This storm “will cross France from west to east and cause an early winter episode that is sufficiently notable to make traffic conditions difficult in the regions concerned,” Météo-France indicates on its website.
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Up to 10 cm in Île-de-France
“In Île-de-France, we expect 1 to 5 cm, locally 5 to 10 cm in the south of the region,” continues Météo-France, which adds that snowfall “is also expected at low altitude in the Alps.” of the South”. Further south, the wind will blow strongly with “gusts generally between 100 and 120 km/h on the coast of the departments placed on orange vigilance” and in the interior, up to “more than 150 km/h on the highest points of the Alps”, leading to an avalanche risk. “Extreme vigilance is required for the practice of all mountain activities and mainly ski or snowshoe hikes” and Haute-Savoie “has an avalanche risk of 4 out of 5 on the Mont-Blanc massif”, a indicated the prefecture.
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