Snow and ice: seven departments kept on orange alert until midday

Following snowfall and continued low temperatures, seven departments are kept on orange snow and ice alert on Wednesday, January 10, until midday. From “Normandy to the west of Ile-de-France”, the soil remains frozen, reports Météo-France. Manche, Calvados, Orne, Eure, Yvelines and Essonne are affected by orange vigilance. The Nord and Pas-de-Calais, for their part, remain on orange alert for floods.

The snow and ice alert currently runs until midday on Wednesday, but Météo-France is already forecasting “sometimes significant snowfall” in the Lozère department on Wednesday. Another episode of snow at low altitude is expected in Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, then Thursday morning. Furthermore, Météo-France warns of freezing rain, particularly in the Centre-East, Franche-Comté and Aquitaine.

Across France, many departments are also on extreme cold yellow alert, while the night was once again freezing with − 8 °C to − 2 °C from north to southwest. On Wednesday afternoon, temperatures will painfully reach 3°C in the northern half of France, with no thaw for Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and could climb up to 6°C in the south of the country.