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Heavy Snow Disrupts Paris With Level 3 Alert, Flight Cuts and Travel Curbs

An Arctic air mass is driving unusual snowfall, with 23 departments on orange alert from Météo France.

Overview

  • France’s civil aviation authority requested a 15% cut to airline schedules at Charles de Gaulle until 20:00 local and at Orly until about 23:30.
  • Paris activated a level 3 snow-and-ice alert as regional buses were halted and some Île-de-France train lines were suspended.
  • The Paris police prefect set a regionwide 80 km/h speed limit and barred heavy vehicles over 3.5 tonnes carrying goods or hazardous materials.
  • Bison Futé reported more than 1,050 kilometers of traffic jams nationwide during the worst of the snowfall.
  • Authorities urged travelers to confirm flights and favor public transport, while the broader cold snap also hit airports such as Amsterdam-Schiphol.