Overview
- All orange snow–ice alerts were lifted by late Sunday morning, with Puy‑de‑Dôme and Cantal downgraded to yellow at 10:00 after the brief overnight episode.
- Île‑de‑France saw modest accumulations of roughly 1–4 cm, locally up to about 5 cm, before a thaw set in as milder, wetter air moved in from the Atlantic.
- Authorities activated the regional snow plan in Paris, cut speeds by 20 km/h and restricted heavy‑vehicle overtaking; transport ran largely normally with some airport delays and 7,500 road agents mobilized, though a few road accidents were reported.
- Météo‑France’s orange vigilance had covered 14 departments overnight from Saturday to Sunday, including all of Île‑de‑France and parts of the Massif Central due to snow and localized freezing rain.
- On Monday, seven departments are under orange rain‑flood alerts (Gironde, Dordogne, Corrèze, Ain, Isère, Savoie, Haute‑Savoie), with significant rainfall and river rises expected, plus heavy mountain snow and elevated avalanche risk in the northern Alps.