Snow and cold alert. In his vigilance bulletin of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Météo-France has placed 36 departments on alert, including 31 in orange “snow-ice” vigilance: Calvados, Côtes-d’Armor, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loir-et- Cher, Loiret, Manche, Mayenne, Morbihan, Orne, Sarthe, Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Val-d’Oise, Aube, Yonne, Haute-Marne, Côte d’Or, Haute-Saône, Doubs, Territoire de Belfort, Vosges, Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin.
The Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme and Aisne are also placed in orange vigilance “Great cold”.
Finally, Charente-Maritime is still on “flood” orange vigilance.
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Météo-France warns against a “significant snowfall, gaining eastward during the evening, coupled with an occurrence of ice”, as well as a “very cold episode in the North / Pas-de- Calais and Picardy “.
The first snowflakes began to fall on Brittany at the end of the morning. The snowfall continues to progress east and north of the country.
Over the entire snowfall, until Wednesday afternoon, we wait: 5 to 10 centimeters in Brittany, 2 to 7 cm in Ile-de-France, even very locally up to 8-10 cm. Further east, it is expected 5 to 10 cm towards the north of Bas-Rhin and 10 to 15 cm for Doubs, Haute-Saône, Vosges, Territoire de Belfort, Haut-Rhin and south of Bas-Rhin.
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Between 1 and 3 centimeters could also fall on certain areas of Hauts-de-France, but it is above all a cold episode that is reported by Météo-France in this region.
During the next night, minimum temperatures will be between -7 and -8 ° C in Hauts-de-France. “With the strengthening of the north-easterly wind, the feeling of cold will even increase further, leading to temperature values often felt in the order of -14 to -17 ° C in the Nord-pas-de- Calais, the Somme and a northern part of the Aisne “, warns Météo-France.
During the day on Wednesday, the maximum temperatures show a slight increase but generally remain slightly negative.
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It will also be cold, especially in Normandy or the Paris region, with temperatures felt between -10 and -15 ° C on Wednesday and Thursday.
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The mayor of Paris also called on the government on Monday to trigger the “extreme cold” plan which allows in particular the accommodation of the homeless.
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