The south-east of France is marked by “a rain-snow degradation” Sunday February 26, Météo-France reported. Consequently, the meteorological organization decided to place the departments of Var and Bouches-du-Rhône in orange alert for “snow-ice”at least between 5 p.m. and midnight.
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From the start of the morning, Corsica, the Côte d’Azur and the Alps saw clouds dominate with, at times and places, rain. During the afternoon, the rains should increase and spread throughout the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) region, while the rain-snow limit should gradually drop to very low. altitude in the evening and at night, with a risk of snow as far as the plains, in the Rhône valley and in Languedoc in the first part of the night from Sunday to Monday.
In the east of the Bouches-du-Rhône, the west of the Var, the east of Vaucluse and the west of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the snow accumulations could reach 2 to 5 centimeters in the plain, from 5 10 centimeters above 400 meters above sea level, according to Météo-France. Gusts of wind, mistral and tramontane, should also strengthen, to reach between 90 and 110 kilometers per hour in the region.
Thirty-nine other departments are also placed on yellow alert for risks of snow and ice, extreme cold or wind, Sunday and Monday.