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Posted on 11/29/2017 7:17:46 PM PST by Olog-hai
Much of France is getting its first taste of winter this week, with 50 departments placed on alert for snow and ice.
Snow and ice is expected to hit much of France, with national weather agency Météo France placing 50 departments on yellow alert — the third highest warning level.
The departments, including nine in Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire were placed on yellow alert — the third highest warning which advises people to be careful and stay up-to-date with the situation — at 6 am on Wednesday morning. Drivers are warned to be particularly vigilant.
“Our teams are on the warpath. In Reims, if the temperature of the road drops below 2°C, we start salting,” Manuela Thomas of the Sanef network, a private company that runs French motorways, told Le Parisien. […]
On Thursday and Friday, snow is expected in two-thirds of the country, from Normandy to the Grand Est, and then down to the south of the Massif Central.
And the news may justifiably come as a surprise, with this being the first time snow has been expected so early in the year since 2010. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
My Gawd, even the snow in France is “yellow”.
“Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow.”
Ne mangez pas la neige jaune.
Alors! Beaucoup de neige!
Merci!
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