-
France set to pass emergency ‘budget law’: is it good or bad for your finances?
The country will effectively be without a budget from 2025, with knock-on effects for individuals and companies
-
EasyJet announces nine new flight routes from France including to UK
A service from Bordeaux to Birmingham is among the new announcements
-
French weekend weather outlook December 14 - 15: gloomy and chilly in the north
Cloudy skies are expected to dominate in the north, but in the south temperatures will still reach double figures
Pas-de-Calais on orange alert for flooding after storms
The weather warning is expected to be in place in the northern French department until the early hours of Saturday as local river levels cause concern
[Update November 5 at 10:15 - Pas-de-Calais' alert level has now been downgraded to a yellow warning, which now also applies to Nord.]
The French department of Pas-de-Calais remains under an orange warning for flooding today, after being placed under alert by Météo France yesterday evening.
🔶 1 dpt en #vigilanceOrange
— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) November 5, 2021
Restez informés sur https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 pic.twitter.com/wwo39GI6up
The river level of the Laquette, a tributary of the Lys, has been rising since yesterday morning (November 4) because of storms affecting the department. In Witternesse, to the north west of Béthune, it rose from 0.15 to 2.19m.
The Lys’ water level, on the other hand, has started to fall.
Météo France states that, under the orange weather alert, “significant flooding is possible,” and that “traffic conditions could become difficult across the road network and rail services could be disrupted.”
Local residents are advised to keep up to date with the situation, stay away from bodies of water, and not to begin driving down a road or street if it appears to be – even partially – flooded.
The orange alert is expected to remain in place into the early hours of Saturday morning.
To find out more about the waterways at risk of flooding, visit the government information service, Vigicrues.
Five other departments – Finistère, Lande, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud – are under a yellow weather warning for storms. However, weather conditions are expected to improve in these areas this afternoon.
Related stories
French ski stations celebrate snowfall: Opening dates and rules
Rare cloud formation in central France likely to be a roll cloud