Floriane: storm warning in 21 departments, SNCF is reducing its network

The departments of Loire and Rhône as well as 19 departments in the northern half of France were placed on orange alert for the wind during the night from Sunday to Monday in connection with an atmospheric depression. A violent wind, with local gusts of 110 to 120 km/h, “occurring on average once or twice a year” in the Rhône valley, specifies Météo-France.

“Two peaks of violent wind are probable: the first in the middle of the night from Sunday to Monday, the second at the end of the morning-midday on Monday,” continues the organization. In the North-West, storm Floriane will enter early Monday morning off the coast of Vendée, again with gusts of 90 to 100 km/h, locally at 110 km/h. “It shifts towards the Paris region at midday then the north-eastern regions at the start of the afternoon, before quickly evacuating towards Belgium”, forecasts Météo-France.

Rail traffic restrictions

Consequence for Monday, the SNCF announced traffic restrictions, ranging from speed slowdowns on certain lines, to “traffic stops” (preventative stops to prevent trains from being blocked in the middle of the track, due to falling trains). trees in particular), including the lack of service to certain stations.

In Hauts-de-France, the SNCF will shut down certain portions of lines for a few hours at midday on Monday. The Paris-Laon lines (between Crépy and Laon), Tergnier-Laon, Creil-Beauvais and Boulogne-Dunkerque (from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) are affected.

No Paris-Limoges-Toulouse train before 4 p.m.

“There will be no direct Paris-Limoges-Toulouse trains before 4 p.m., four direct Nantes-Bordeaux trains will be canceled, there will also be no TGV from Tours and Saint-Pierre-des- Body until 4 p.m. and no TGV service until 2 p.m. from Poitiers and Châtellerault stations,” details a press release from SNCF Réseau. In Ile-de-France, departing from Paris-Est, trains to Coulommiers, Provins, Esly, Crécy la Chapelle will also be canceled between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

The preventive “traffic stops” will also concern the Limoges-Angoulème lines until 1 p.m., Limoges-Vierzon until 5 p.m., Poitiers-La Rochelle, Etampes-Orléans, and Tours-Poitiers, at least part of the day. , as well as Nancy-Bar-le-Duc from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.