LIVE – Snow and ice: one dead on the road in Côte-d’Or, 10 departments on Orange alert

Orange vigilance is lifted in the departments of Eure, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Oise, Côte-d’Or, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, Haute-Saône, Vosges, and what remained of Ile-de-France.

There therefore remain 10 departments on orange snow-ice alert.

A 20-year-old driver died this evening on the A6, in Burgundy, in an accident linked to weather conditions ⤵️

A 20-year-old young man died on the A6 in Côte-d’Or, in an accident probably due to the weather marked by freezing rain. He was driving one of three vehicles caught in a pileup. Four other people were slightly injured, including a child, according to firefighters.

Frost and freezing rain are making the roads dangerous in the departments under orange alert this Saturday. The salt spreaders were at work during the day to avoid accidents. Faced with this inclement weather, many motorists have taken the lead to avoid the hassle ⤵️

The departments of Yvelines, Essonne, Paris and the inner suburbs are coming out of orange vigilance.

“Little by little the warm weather is spreading to the south of the regions in orange, allowing a gradual exit from this episode,” comments Météo-France.

The two departments of Eure-et-Loir and Orne are downgraded to yellow vigilance. However, the risk of black ice remains present until 10 p.m., warns Météo-France.

“A disturbance associated with a mild air mass will sweep across the entire country, in a southwest/northeast direction, this evening and tonight. This disturbance will encounter a cold air mass over the north of the country, causing snowfall and especially freezing rain for a few hours, until the mild air definitively takes over”, details the Meteorological Institute.

Here are the departments affected by the orange snow-ice alert: Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Nord, Oise, Pas -de-Calais, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Seine-Maritime, Somme, Vosges, Territoire de Belfort, Orne, Eure-et-Loir, Eure, Côte-d’Or, Aube, Haute-Saône and the eight Ile-de-France departments (Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de -Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Val-d’Oise).

After a weekend marked by the passage of a disturbance, the weather conditions will remain degraded. This back-to-school week promises to be hectic, between sustained precipitation and strong winds. After a fairly clear warm spell, yet another cooling is expected over the days ⤵️

In Côte-d’Or, in the Doubs, the Jura and the Territoire de Belfort, heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes will no longer be able to drive from 7 p.m. due to snow and ice vigilance. This ban will be extended from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. to Marne, Haute-Marne, Haut-Rhin, Haute-Saône and Vosges.

Measures are being taken concerning heavy goods vehicles in the Aube department, placed on orange alert. From 6 p.m., they will be prohibited from overtaking and will have to reduce their speed by 20 km/h on the entire road network then, from 7 p.m., their circulation will be prohibited on national roads and motorways.

The police headquarters announces “the activation of the Snow and Ice Plan in Île-de-France at level 2”. The speed limit is lowered by 20 km/h on many roads in the region, with the exception of the Paris ring road. The measure takes effect from 5 p.m. this Saturday, and until midnight.

Thirty departments in the north-east of France remain on orange alert for snow and ice this Saturday, Météo-France announces in its latest bulletin. Vigilance is maintained for 15 of them for the day of Sunday.

Part of France woke up this Saturday under a carpet of frost. The orange snow-ice vigilance launched by Météo-France begins at 4 p.m. in 30 departments.

In Corrèze, a department not yet classified as vigilant, an accident involving a heavy goods vehicle and three cars occurred this morning on the A89, according to Vinci Autoroutes. The accident, which left one person lightly injured, could have been caused by the freezing rain that fell in the area, according to the Égletons gendarmes. The highway was then cut for more than two hours in the Bordeaux-Clermont direction, causing traffic jams, Vinci Autoroutes said.

If possible, the authorities recommend limiting your travel and being extra vigilant on the roads.

A first winter weekend. “Humidity will meet cold air, be careful in the north and northeast facing an episode of freezing rain expected for the evening,” explains Guillaume Woznica, meteorologist and presenter on LCI, in his latest bulletin.

The cold envelops a large part of France this weekend, with the appearance of some notable negative temperatures. The thermometers went down to -24°C this morning in the traditional Jura valleys, explains Guillaume Woznica, meteorologist and presenter on LCI.

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.

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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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.