China News Agency, Paris, February 10 (Reporter Li Yang) France has encountered severe weather such as cold waves and snow, and 36 provinces are facing orange warnings.
Severe weather has brought inconvenience to people's lives in many places and traffic has been blocked.
On February 6, local time, in Saintes-Maritime, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, heavy rainfall caused the roads to be flooded and the lives of citizens were affected.
The French Meteorological Department issued an orange warning to 36 provinces on the 10th.
Most of the provinces facing orange warnings are located in northern France, of which 31 provinces including the Paris Region have orange warnings for ice and snow or cold waves; 5 provinces including Charente-Maritime and Somme have encountered orange warnings for floods caused by rain and snow.
The meteorological department warned people in northern France to be aware of road icing and other conditions.
The public transport system in Paris has been affected by snowfall, some bus routes have been suspended, and some suburban railway services have been temporarily suspended.
In addition, a helicopter crashed in a ski resort in the Alps in southeastern France on the evening of the 9th, causing 2 deaths and 3 injuries. Officials are investigating whether the helicopter crash was related to severe weather.
Most areas from Brittany in the west of France to Strasbourg in the east have experienced snowfall from the evening of the 9th, but the snowfall is unevenly distributed. Part of Brittany in the west of France is currently snowing 15 cm and local traffic is severely affected Affected, the highway is congested for several kilometers.
Snowfall in the area still continues.
The Paris region is currently snowing 2 to 7 cm, and some road sections are temporarily closed to prevent accidents.
Accompanying the widespread snowfall is a cold wave attack.
Temperatures in eastern France are generally lower, and temperatures in parts of Alsace have dropped to minus 11 degrees Celsius.
The current temperature in Paris is minus 5 degrees Celsius, but the body temperature is minus 12 degrees Celsius.
There are few pedestrians on the roads of Paris, and there are not many vehicles. They are all slowing down.
In addition to weather such as cold waves and snow, some provinces are facing flooding.
The Charente-Maritime Province is the most severely affected. The water level of the Charente River that flows through the region has risen to 6.2 meters, second only to the river's record of 6.3 meters in 1994.
The flood also caused the power supply to be interrupted in some areas of Charente-Maritime, and many houses were flooded.
Hundreds of local people were forced to evacuate.
On the 10th, the French Ministry of Health called on vulnerable groups such as the elderly and children to strengthen the prevention of severe weather such as cold waves, ice and snow, and recommended that relevant people reduce outdoor activities and prevent cardiovascular diseases, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc.
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