Météo-France has placed thirty departments on orange snow and ice alert this Saturday.
Freezing rain and snowfall are expected.
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Around thirty departments were placed on orange snow-ice alert at the start of the year. Freezing rain could disrupt traffic in the north of the country.
THIRTY DEPARTMENTS ON ORANGE ALERT
The departments concerned are: Aisne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Oise, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Marne, Ardennes, Meuse, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Haut -Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Territoire de Belfort, Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle. At 10 a.m., the departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir, Eure, Côte-d’Or, Aube, Haute-Saône and Île-de-France joined the list.
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BONJOUR
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the bad weather which will affect a large part of the northern half of France this weekend. Thirty departments are placed on orange alert by Météo-France for a risk of snow and ice. Follow here, throughout the day, the latest information and recommendations to adapt your travels.
Be careful on the road back from vacation this weekend. Thirty departments in France were placed on orange snow and ice alert this Saturday, January 4, by Météo-France.
The departments concerned are: Aisne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Oise, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Marne, Ardennes, Meuse, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Haut -Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Territoire de Belfort, Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle. At 10 a.m., the departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir, Eure, Côte-d’Or, Aube, Haute-Saône and Île-de-France joined the list.
“A disturbance associated with a lot of mild air will sweep across the entire country in a southwest and northeast direction” et “come to encounter a mass of cold air”, thus causing snowfall “and especially freezing rain” pendant “a few hours”, this Saturday but also during the night from Saturday to Sunday, specifies the forecast agency in its bulletin.
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The expected snowfall is coming “fairly brief”, adds Météo-France. They could, however, be “more persistent in the border departments of the Grand-Est, which can reach up to five centimeters on the ground.”
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