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Fréjus Tunnel that connects France and Italy to close this weekend
The tunnel will close for 12 hours and not the 56 hours originally announced
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TotalEnergies opens service station for electric vehicles in Paris
It is the first of its kind in the capital and has ultra-fast charging
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Conductors on French public transport will soon be able to check your address
Move is part of anti-fraud plans to prevent people from giving false information during fines including on SNCF trains
Weather alerts continue in southwest France
Eight departments remain on orange alert after overnight storms, with travel conditions treacherous on A61 between Carcassonne and Toulouse
Eight departments remain on orange weather alert on Monday, after overnight storms swept across southwest France.
#foudre #orages #escalquens sud #Toulouse 📷fabluelicious pic.twitter.com/gp78ZlmYHV
— Météo Pyrénées (@Meteo_Pyrenees) July 15, 2018
Ariège, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn, and Tarn-et-Garonne were kept on Meteo France's second-highest weather alert level in the national forecaster's early morning weather bulletin.
Travel was treacherous on the A61 between Carcassonne and Toulouse early on Monday.
Meteo France warned up to 50mm of rain could fall in a short period, adding to high levels of rainfall over the past 12 hours or so, which as much as 80mm of rainfall in a few hours in places.
Meteo France predicted that conditions across the affected departments would improve by about 2pm on Monday, but it warned that localised storms could develop in the afternoon.
The railway line between Castelnaudary and Villefranche de Lauragais was cut by overnight localised flooding.
Entre #castelnaudary et #villefranchedelauragais #aude #sncf 📷F Deshaye ligne coupée #inondations #Orages pic.twitter.com/oGfAVDVImX
— Météo Pyrénées (@Meteo_Pyrenees) July 16, 2018