Strong winds, snowfall, traffic restrictions for trucks and suspended school transport… Follow the news live concerning the passage of the Caetano depression, this Thursday, November 21, 2024, in Eure-et-Loir and in the south -Yvelines, placed on orange snow-ice alert.
The bottom line:
- 58 departments, including Eure-et-Loir and Yvelines, are on orange alert for snow, ice and wind, this Thursday, November 21, due to the passage of the storm Caetano in France.
- In Eure-et-Loir, REMI school transport is suspended this Thursday evening.
- No school bus or public transport in Châteaudun.
- THE heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes will be overtaking prohibited and will see their maximum authorized speed lowered by 20 km/hfrom 11 a.m., according to an order from the Eure-et-Loir prefecture.
Snow-ice: Eure-et-Loir and Yvelines on orange alert, this Thursday, and school transport suspended in Perche
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1:58 p.m. | REMI school buses are suspending their lines this Thursday evening
Given the weather situation and the forecast for the end of the day, theThe Rémi school bus lines will not run this Thursday evening in Eure-et-Loir. Contact educational establishments and schools for more information. Regular Rémi coach lines operate subject to local traffic conditions.
1:34 p.m. | In Chartres and in the Agglomeration, Filibus buses at the stop
Given the weather conditions which are deteriorating over the hours, the Filibus Urban and Non-Urban network is very disrupted this Thursday, November 21. “All our vehicles are currently returning to the depot pending an improvement in the weather,” indicates Filibus, the transport network for the Agglomeration of Chartres, on its website.
1:08 p.m. | The point on the rail side:
1:02 p.m. | Update on firefighter interventions:
According to information communicated by the Eure-et-Loir Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis 28), firefighters intervened twice this Thursday, November 21, following an accident involving a person who slipped in Anet and for a traffic accident in Champrond-en-Gâtine.
12:42 p.m. | Your traffic conditions in Eure-et-Loir:
Part of the departmental network is experiencing difficult traffic conditions, mainly in Perche and between Beauce and Perche. On the Bonneval side, the Châteaudun sector is still very difficult for road users. To the east, in Beauce, it’s happening!
On the map below from the inforoutes28.fr site, in addition to the roads in red in the Dunois sector since this morning, the traffic conditions on several roads in the north of the department are now very difficult:
- The D928 which links Dreux to Anet and which crosses the Dreux national forest.
- The D21 which connects Dreux to Abondant and towards Bû.
- Several routes from Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets towards Laons, Brezolles, La Ferté-Vidame and Senonches
- The D15 between Fontaine-Simon (28) and Neuilly-sur-Eure (61).
- On the RD955 in Luigny / Beaumont les Autels, heavy goods vehicles are parked, the gendarmerie is on site.
25 department vehicles are mobilized to apply the pigging treatment.
On the motorway network, traffic conditions are difficult. Users are circulating and the roads are being salted. They will be cleaned when the snow stops. A new salting is planned this night.
Screenshot inforoutes28.fr, at 12:40 p.m.
12:35 | No school bus or public transport in Châteaudun
“Due to the weather conditions and the continued snow and ice on the ground, primary and secondary school bus services, as well as public transport (C’BUS), are suspended,” indicates the City of Châteaudun on its Play Châteaudun Facebook page.
Schools remain open as well as daycare centers until 6:30 p.m. and more if necessary. If families are late, the education service must be notified.
Several streets are closed to traffic : Rue des Huileries, Rue du Griffon, Rue Saint-Médard, Rue de la Porte d’Abas, Cavée de la Reine, Rue du Bas-Guichet, Rue André Gillet, Rue d’Avignon, Descente Saint-Pierre (The 200 steps ), Descent of the Mall.
12:20 p.m. | Snow continues to fall, especially in Perche
Near Senonches, in Perche, three centimeters of snow have already whitened the roadsides.
At La Chauvelière, the cows stay outside.
12:05 p.m. | Update on your traffic conditions at midday:
11:49 a.m. | What is the winter service plan?
The DirNo (Interregional Roads Directorate – North-West) activates its winter viability plan until March 15, 2025. It makes it possible to maintain or restore traffic conditions on the network’s roads. The manager’s teams can thus intervene to salt the highways or national roads in anticipation of a snowy episode, or clear snow once the precipitation has fallen and treat the ice.
11:37 a.m. | Difficult traffic on several axes in the Dunois sector
Due to persistent unfavorable weather conditions, the Departmental Council is re-salting heavily trafficked departmental roads.
On the Departmental Council website inforoutes28.fr, snow is complicating traffic on several routes in the Châteaudun sector, particularly on the D130 towards Orléans. Several roads towards Brou, La Bazoche-Gouet, Arrou, Courtalain, Langey and Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières are experiencing traffic difficulties.
Screenshot inforoutes28.fr
11:33 a.m. | Snow begins to cover the town of Digny
10:48 a.m. | Be careful on the roads!
With the snow starting to whiten the roads, traffic conditions can be tricky in several sectors, according to Bison Futé:
- In Eure (27): the RN 12 is temporarily slippery, treatment in progress (in both directions), between PR 3 and 0 (over 33.9 km) from La Madeleine-de-Nonancourt to Armentières-sur- Avre;
- In Eure-et-Loir: the N10 (two directions) is temporarily slippery from Thivars to Cloyes-sur-le-Loir;
- On the A11 from Nantes to Paris, an accident was reported with two vehicles involved, near Coltainville, on the emergency lane. It is now closed.
- Snow removal in progress on the N154 (two directions) from Poisvilliers to Dreux and from Allaines-Mervilliers to Chartres;
- Salting in progress on the A10, from Bordeaux to Paris between departments 78 (Yvelines) and 91 (Essonne), from Sainte-Mesme to Les Ulis. Same thing in reverse.
10:45 a.m. | The snow has arrived in the Eurelian Perche
The first flakes fell, around 8 a.m., in the Eurelian Perche. It still flakes a little without holding on to the roads taken, but the small country roads are whitening in places.Saintigny this Thursday at 10 a.m., be careful on the road: it has been snowing for about an hour and a half on the Perche and the snow is holding on to the ground.Montlandon Thursday at 10 a.m., be careful on the road: it has been snowing for about an hour and a half on the Perche and the snow is holding on to the ground.
10:10 a.m. | Speed reduced by 20 km/h and overtaking ban for trucks
From 11:00 a.m., vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes are prohibited from overtaking and the maximum authorized speed is lowered by 20 km/h, warns the Eure-et-Loir prefecture in a decree. This is applicable on the Eure-et-Loir departmental network as well as on national roads and motorways.
10:03 a.m. | Up to 10 cm of snow expected in Eure-et-Loir
In Perche, Between six and eight centimeters of snow could fall. This is why “school transport will be suspended all day Thursday in the Perche sector,” the Eure-et-Loir prefecture announced in a press release on Wednesday, November 20.
In the area of Dreux, Senonches or Brezollesthe layer on the ground could reach a ten centimeters. Snow is also forecast in Chartres, to a lesser extent (perhaps around five centimeters).
Up to 10 centimeters of snow expected in Eure-et-Loir, Thursday November 21
10:02 a.m. | The first snowflakes are falling in Chartres!
If the first snowflakes have been falling since 8 a.m. in the Chartres area, this “early” winter cold snap, according to Christophe Mertz, forecaster at MétéoNews, should intensify at the end of the morning. The snowfall should “probably” continue until the end of the afternoon, with temperatures worthy of January. From -1°C to 3°C at the best of the day this Thursday, November 21.
10:01 a.m. | 58 departments on orange alert for snow, ice and wind
In its last 10 a.m. bulletin, Météo France placed 33 departments on orange alert for snow and ice, and 25 for violent winds. Eure-et-Loir and Yvelines are affected by snow and ice until Friday, 6 a.m.
LIVE – Storm Caetano: “caution”, trains canceled… 54 departments in orange for snow, ice and winds
10 a.m. | Good morning !
Welcome to this live broadcast where we will closely follow the evolution of the first winter episode in Eure-et-Loir and southern Yvelines. A snow disturbance is settling over a large part of northern France this Thursday, November 21, under the influence of the Caetano depression, which crosses central France, from west to east.
Directly animated by Stéphanie Zeimet
