three eastern departments on orange alert for winds, SNCF traffic is disrupted

Three departments – Marne, Ardennes and Meuse – in France are still on orange alert for the wind on Monday January 6, in connection with the Floriane disturbance on the Atlantic coast, according to Météo-France. Up to 20 departments were, before most were downgraded to yellow vigilance in the morning.

“Storm Floriane will circulate quickly but intensely during the day on Monday along an axis starting from Vendée [où la vigilance orange a été levée lundi matin] to the Ardennes via Ile-de-France”, where vigilance was also downgraded at the start of the afternoon, Météo-France had warned.

Rail traffic disrupted

The SNCF announced a series of measures for the departments concerned, ranging from slowdowns on certain lines to the absence of service to certain stations, including “traffic stops” – preventive stops to prevent trains from being blocked in the middle. track, particularly due to falling trees. In Hauts-de-France, the SNCF 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.) were affected.

The preventive “traffic stops” were also to concern the Limoges-Angoulème lines until 1 p.m., Limoges-Vierzon until 5 p.m., Poitiers-La Rochelle, Etampes-Orléans, and Tours-Poitiers, for at least part of during the day, as well as Nancy – Bar-le-Duc from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In Ile-de-France, departing from Paris-Est, trains to Coulommiers, Provins, Esly, Crécy-la-Chapelle were canceled between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. “Reconnaissance runs by empty trains with SNCF Réseau agents on board equipped with chainsaws will be carried out at the end of this meteorological episode in order to allow the resumption of traffic in complete safety”specified the SNCF.