A sudden winter attack in France has led to an orange alert being declared in fifteen departments in the north of the country, including the entire Ile-de-France region. The French Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) has called on airlines to cancel up to 30 percent of flights at Paris airports. In addition to snowfall and black ice, the southwestern part of the country is struggling with floods caused by Hurricane Nils, which has led to the declaration of the highest, red level of threat.
The French national meteorological service Meteo-France announced a state of heightened readiness for a significant part of the country on Sunday morning. The situation is particularly difficult in the northern regions, where an orange alert due to heavy snowfall and black ice covers 15 departments. In the Ile-de-France region and in the Hauts-de-France departments, 1 to 6 centimeters of fresh powder are forecast. Although the phenomenon is expected to be short-lived, officials warn of extremely difficult road conditions, forcing speed limits to be introduced to 20 km/h in some operational areas. The French meteorological warning system is based on a four-level color scale (green, yellow, orange, red), introduced in 2001 after the tragic hurricanes Lothar and Martin in 1999.The weather situation has hit the aviation sector hardest. <przypis title=