From Brittany to Alsace, images of France under the snow

Part of France was covered in a white coat, sometimes several centimeters thick, this Thursday, November 21, following the passage of storm Caetano. In total, 51 departments still remain on yellow alert at midday, for its part indicated Météo-France.

At 5 p.m. Thursday, 235,000 homes were without electricity, Enedis said, and 200,000 were still without it this Friday. More than 300km of traffic jams were recorded in Île-de-France and several traffic accidents were recorded due to patches of ice.

The Paris firefighters intervened in particular for a serious accident on the A6b, in the Paris-province direction, near Chevilly-Larue, in Val-de-Marne. 36 people were injured. Among them are five victims in absolute emergency and 31 in relative emergency.

However, temperatures should rise this weekend, indicates La Chaîne Météo, without them being synonymous with general good weather. The rain will fall particularly in the northwest of the country.

*La Chaîne Météo is a property of the Figaro group.