twenty departments placed in orange vigilance for risks of snow and ice

Twenty departments are placed in vigilance orange snow and ice, Friday, April 1, by Météo France. Vigilance has been lifted in the Somme, Pas-de-Calais and the North. The departments still on alert are: Tarn, Ain, Allier, Ariège, Aveyron, Cantal, Corrèze, Haute-Garonne, Isère, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées , Haute-Vienne, Calvados, Orne, Seine-Maritime, Eure, Loire, Haute-Loire, Creuse and Puy-de-Dôme.

This snowy episode ist “notable for this time of year”, according to Meteo France. The bad weather should take place mainly this Friday in Hauts-de-France and Normandy on the one hand, and on the other hand this Friday and Saturday April 2 in the Massif Central, the Pyrenees and the Alps.

However, it is not exceptional to see snow in April, recall forecasters from Météo France. In 2008 a light layer of snow covered Paris in early April, as well as the north of the country. In 2013 and 2018, snow hit Normandy.