While 21 departments were placed on Orange alert for violent winds at the start of the morning, Monday January 6, Météo France lifted the alert in 19 of them at midday.
France will be swept away this Monday, January 6 by storm Floriane, which promises to be rapid but intense, according to Météo France forecasts. Three departments in the northern half of France were kept on orange alert for the wind overnight on Sunday. The departments concerned are Marne, Ardennes and Meuse. Orange vigilance was, however, lifted in Vendée, at 8 a.m. then in Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Sarthe at 10 a.m. In its midday bulletin, Météo-France lifted the orange alert in the Loire, Rhône, Loir-et-Cher, Eure-et-Loir and Loiret. Finally, orange vigilance was lifted at 2 p.m. in Val-d'Oise, Paris, Yvelines, Essonne, Seine-et-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Aisne.
In the North-West, storm Floriane will enter early Monday morning off the coast of Vendée, again with gusts of 90 to 100 km/h, locally at 110 km/h. “In the northern half, there remains uncertainty about the storm's path” et “the wind may blow equally strong” on the departments bordering the departments on orange alert, underlines Météo France, calling for caution.
Direct consequences on rail traffic
Monday January 6, the SNCF announced traffic restrictions, speed reductions and preventive service cancellations in the 21 departments concerned. In Hauts-de-France, the SNCF will shut down certain portions of lines for a few hours at midday on Monday. The Paris-Laon lines (between Crépy and Laon), Tergnier-Laon, Creil-Beauvais and Boulogne-Dunkerque (from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) are affected, reports BFMTV.
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