10 month old baby hospitalized in Marseille, with meningitis

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: A 10 Month old Baby Suffering from Meningitis Hospitalized in Marseille

HEALTH:  23 people, including children and adults receive preventive treatment for meningitis … Suffering from meningitis , a ten month old baby was urgently admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of Timone in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) on the night of Friday to Saturday. To avoid contamination, “the Regional Health Agency and the CH Digne [Hospital […]

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Le Gard and the Bouches-du-Rhône on orange alert for severe weather

Weather: Le Gard and the Bouches-du-Rhône on Orange Alert

Meteo France calls for vigilance in both departments this Saturday due to risks of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall … Beware of storms and heavy rains if you live in the Gard or the Bouches-du-Rhône.  On Friday night, Meteo France placed these two departments in an orange alert, with the forecast for thunderstorms and heavy rain.  Prolonged orange […]

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Caught speeding by Gendarmes, at Bouches-du-Rhône.

Bouches-du-Rhône: Caught Speeding at 160 km/h, Ends in a Ditch

The young man, who was driving under the influence of alcohol and without insurance, was afraid to be caught … He could not have escaped them. On December 24th, while the gendarmes of the motorized brigade of Aix  patrolling on the roads of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, they saw, on the road to  Eguilles, a Peugeot 306 […]

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there was 1500 violations on the road over the All Saints Weekend

Marseille: Police found more than 1,500 violations on the Road for All Saints

878 speeding tickets were given out … More than 1,500 offences were reported this weekend on the roads of the department. From Friday to Sunday, 672 police and gendarmes have been deployed on 350 checkpoints. Offences as “excessive speed, on the phone while driving, the failure to stop, red light and driving under the influence of […]

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Three departments in the south-east of France on Orange alert

Rain and flooding: Orange Alert in the Gard, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône

The three departments South-east were placed in orange alert Today… A week after the terrible floods that hit the French Riviera, the South-East of France could experience this Monday a new episode of flooding,  according to an Orange alert by Meteo France this Monday morning.  The Gard, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône departments were placed from Monday until Tuesday […]

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