Snowflakes away from Île-de-France. The orange snow alert concerning the Paris region and the entire Ile-de-France department was lifted at 6am by Météo France, except for Seine-et-Marne, which remained affected by the warning as of 8am. Across the country, Haute-Vienne, Creuse, Corrèze, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Aveyron are also affected by this orange alert which will end this morning, shows the latest bulletin from the agency.
“A weak active disturbance producing snow, with some freezing precipitation, continues to shift slowly from west to east, toward the northeastern part of the country,” the agency wrote.
Six departments in the Massif Central (Aveyron, Cantal, Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne and Puy-de-Dôme) have been affected by the orange alert since 3am on Sunday, due to light snowfall and freezing rain that is likely to make roads slippery.
Snow between 1 and 3 cm in Massif Central
In this region, precipitation remained low and scattered: light snowfall in Cantal and west of Puy-de-Dôme, while Limousin recorded 1 cm in Limoges (Haute-Vienne) and 3 cm in Égletons (Corrèze), with a little freezing rain behind it.
In Île-de-France, police headquarters have decided to reduce the official speed by 20 km/h throughout the territory and prohibit overtaking heavy goods vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tons on main roads. Trains and urban networks are not expected to be significantly affected, but delays of around an hour were reported on Saturday evening in Roissy, and are likely to continue on Sunday.
“The first episodes are sometimes not taken seriously enough,” warned Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot, from a crisis center that mobilized Météo France, road services, civil aviation and transport operators. In total, 7,500 Road agents were deployed this weekend.
