DECRYPTION – While a major cold wave is crossing France, the low temperatures are harming the human body, which can even lead to heart and respiratory attacks.
In a few hours in the middle of the night from December 13 to 14, a white coat, accompanied by its negative temperatures, covered part of France. At daybreak, the roads are slippery, transport disrupted, and the French are shivering, wrapped in their coats.
The thermometer dropped to almost -10°C in the Corrèze countryside. Even in the city, he struggled to exceed zero. Were recorded -7°C in Chaumont, -1°C in Paris and even -2°C in Montpellier. At the best of the day, Nantes, Rouen, Reims flirted with temperatures between 1°C and 3°C. While a very large part of the territory is on yellow alert for snow and ice, this episode of cold weather should last until the end of the week.
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