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France told ‘stay vigilant’ as big freeze hits north

Several regions in the north and west of France have been put on an orange severe weather alert, with snow and ice expected to hit many areas later today.

Published: 13 December 2012 11:48 CET
France told 'stay vigilant' as big freeze hits north
The Jardin des Tuileries in Paris during a cold snap in 2010. Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra

Météo France, the country’s national weather service, added two more counties to a list of over 20 in the Breton, Loire, Centre and Ile de France regions on high alert for the cold weather.

Members of the public are urged to be “very vigilant”, especially when driving, as temperatures are set to dip as low as minus five degrees and snow and black ice set in.

The cold weather has caused traffic problems throughout the northern regions, with both the transport and the interior minister urging the population to stay safe.

They urged the public to be "extremely vigilant while travelling and going about their daily lives because of the high risk of falls and accidents.”

They also recommended not travelling at all if possible.

The Maine-et-Loire county has already reported 10 accidents due to icy conditions, injuring seven people, since 2am.

School transport in four of the regions placed on orange alert has also been cancelled.

The orange alert is expected to hold until 3pm local time, and temperatures are expected to rise by a few degrees later in the week.

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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