US EditionWestern France on High Alert as Storm Nils Sweeps in From Atlantic
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On Thursday, the weather news is dominated by the passing of storm Nils, which crosses the southwest to reach the Mediterranean. The most violent winds concern the plains of the south and the reliefs of Occitanie as well as Corsica.
Accompanied by "violent winds", this new winter storm must approach the Atlantic facade Wednesday night and move Thursday towards the Gulf of Lion and then Corsica, according to Météo-France, which has called for "precaution".
Vigilance orange "wind violent" in the Pyrénées-Orientales Thursday 12 February: gusts up to 150 km/h expected, schools closed and picksets suspended. Weather France alerts on a sudden return of the wind from 4 h,...
The rainy phenomenon "important, lasting and widespread", warns the executive, should be aggravated by the depression that arrives on the Atlantic facade on Wednesday evening 11 February.
Western France on high alert as Storm Nils sweeps in from Atlantic
Storm Nils was set to barrel across a large swathe of western and south-western France on Wednesday, prompting national forecaster Météo-France to issue severe weather warnings in 19 French départements on Wednesday, rising to 24 on Thursday.
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