More than half of the orange alert in France

More than half of France was on orange alert on Friday, the Meteorological Services warned against the snow and ice. Read Article stubs Snow and cold half of the orange alert in France Snow DGAC requires companies 25% fewer flights Saturday Roissy Europe is covered with a snowpack More 'Articles on: Weather Discussion: Weather France placed 54 departments on alert until Saturday evening, the Ile-de-France to the Pyrenees through the Auvergne, but also in Normandy and Alsace. Heavy snowfall disrupted transportation throughout the day on a large part of the country, particularly in the Rhone Valley and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA). In the PACA region, some 30 cm of snow fell on Orange or Avignon (Vaucluse) and up to 40 cm in places by the National Traffic Information (CNIR). Precipitation was concentrated in the Vaucluse, Gard, and north and west of the Bouches-du-Rhone. Nearly 21,200 homes were still without power late Friday afternoon, said ERDF, a subsidiary of EDF responsible for the distribution network. "Snow has agglomerated sticky lines on medium and low voltage, causing them to fall," said a spokesman for ERDF. The region, one of the most vulnerable of the French electric system due to low domestic production and a saturated network is placed on alert since Wednesday by the Orange network transmission (TEN). "We still fear overuse or incident on the power lines between 17 and 20 hours, said a spokesman for RTE. Incident, we could no longer guarantee food for all customers. "EUROSTAR ONE ON TWO Rail traffic was disrupted, with delays of one to three hours announced for some TGV. The regional line between Avignon and Miramas, which continues to Marseilles, was cut. Several secondary roads were cut in the Vaucluse. No school bus runs there, as in the Gard and part of the Var and Bouches-du-Rhone. At the airport of Marseille-Provence, however, the majority of flights have been insured. "Some flights were canceled Friday, mainly because of the weather at destination airports," he said in a statement that management had provided a device for emergency housing. In Lyon, 46 flights were canceled at the Saint-Exupery airport and flights kept recorded an average time of delay. Only a Eurostar train on two circulate this weekend between Paris and London due to weather, disrupting traffic in southern Britain. In the East, the movement restrictions imposed because of snowfall forced the Peugeot-Citroen plant in Sochaux and Mulhouse to discontinue production at the end of the afternoon. The CNIR introduces new heavy snowfall during the night from Friday to Saturday in the West, already hit earlier this week, and has placed four departments of Brittany and Normandy in orange alert. Service France, edited by Yves Clarisse