the Ain department placed on orange snow and ice alert, seven departments in total on alert

Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie are on orange alert for snow, ice and avalanche risks. Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine and Manche are on orange alert for strong winds until 8 p.m.

Météo-France placed the Ain department on orange snow-ice alert on Sunday, December 22, after placing the first six departments on orange alert on Saturday. In total, seven departments are therefore on orange alert on Sunday. Among them, Ain, Isère, Haute-Savoie and Savoie are on orange alert for snow-ice and avalanche risks and will remain so for the day of Monday, according to a final bulletin transmitted in the afternoon. noon by Météo-France.

The three other departments on orange alert, Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine and Manche, are there for a risk linked to violent winds. Vigilance must be lifted at 8 p.m., again according to the forecaster.

The meteorological organization mentions a “remarkable snow episode for the quantities forecast in mid-mountains”. “As the heavy snowfall expected in the northern Alps accumulates, remarkable avalanche activity will take place.warns Météo-France. “The avalanche risk reached a high level during the day on Sunday in the massifs of Haute-Savoie (Chablais, Aravis, Mont-Blanc), Savoie (Haute-Tarentaise, Beaufortain, Vanoise, Maurienne) and Isère (Belledonne, Grandes Rousses and Oisans).

For the departments of Côtes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine and Manche, Météo-France has warned of “squalls” can “reach 120 km/h, even 130 km/h locally on the coast, and around 100 km/h inland”.