Severe Weather Batters France, Alerts Issued
National weather authority Meteo-France elevated two departments to red alert status while placing 21 additional departments under orange warnings due to inundation hazards and torrential rainfall threats.
The southwestern Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne departments received the highest-level red alert designations.
The capital faces rising waterways, with the Seine river climbing to 3.29 meters (10.8 feet) by morning hours—dramatically exceeding normal levels ranging between 1 and 2 meters (3.3 to 6.6 feet), a broadcaster reported, citing Paris City Hall data.
Intense snowfall accompanied by elevated avalanche danger is also forecast across the Pyrenees mountain range and Alps regions.
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