Thursday November 21, from Brittany to the Alps, part of France discovered snow when it woke up. “A first early winter episode for the season” , but not exceptional, according to Météo France. In addition to the snow, very strong winds blew across the Atlantic coast. Blame it on depression Caetano. Fifty-two departments had been placed by Météo-France on orange alert: thirty-three for snow and ice on an axis going from North Brittany to the Grand Est, and nineteen for strong winds further south.
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Météo France recorded 111 km/h in Brest, 123 km/h in Lorient, 126 km/h in Quimper and values around 130 to 140 km/h offshore: in Douarnenez, in Finistère, a boat sank stranded after breaking its moorings. The Saint-Nazaire bridge like that of Cheviré…
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