The bars and restaurants in downtown Caen (Calvados) will have to close at 11 p.m. on Thursday evening.

Covid-19 in Caen: Closing of Bars… The Prefect Toughens the Measures

The prefect of Calvados and the mayor of Caen announced this Wednesday 23rd September 2020: the bars will close their doors at 11 p.m. on Thursday evening. Since Saturday 19th September 2020, Calvados has been in the red zone with regard to the active circulation of the coronavirus Covid-19 virus. The mayor of Caen and the prefect of Calvados announced new […]

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Calvados, Eure-et-Loir and Tarn-et-Garonne also on orange alert for flooding

Weather: Calvados, Eure-et-Loir and Tarn-et-Garonne Also on Orange Alert for Flooding

In addition to Vendée and Deux-Sèvres, Meteo France placed Calvados, Eure-et-Loir and Tarn-et-Garonne this Friday 6th March in orange alert for floods Six departments are placed on orange alert for flooding by Meteo France this Friday 6th March. They are Vendée, affected by a flood on the Lay , and Deux-Sèvres, where the Sèvre niortaise is also in […]

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Storm Dennis is coming to an end but many homes are still without power.

Storm Dennis: 60,000 Homes Without Electricity in France

No more departments are placed on the alert orange wind and rain-flood, because of the storm Dennis. But many homes are still without electricity. After placing six departments, Normandy and Brittany, on alert for wind and rain-flooding, Meteo France issued a new weather report: no more departments are on the alert orange. Only the northern half of the […]

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“Strong winds” and “waves-submersions” are still on the lookout for Normandy, Wednesday February 12, 2020.

Weather: After Storm Ciara, Seine-Maritime, Calvados and Manche Again on Orange Alert

Seine-Maritime, Calvados and Manche are placed on orange alert for “strong winds” and “waves-submersions” by Meteo France, Wednesday 12th February 2020. Details. No respite for Normandy. And precisely for the English Channel, Calvados and the Seine-Maritime coast, placed since 4.15pm in an orange alert by Meteo France, just before the arrival of the storm Inès, Wednesday 12th January 2020. 🔶 4 dpts en #vigilanceOrange Restez […]

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The month of October 2019 was extremely rainy in Caen (Calvados). The Météo France station in Carpiquet has accumulated 147 mm of rain.

Weather in Caen: 147 Millimetres of Rain for the Month of October … And it’s Not Over

The month of October 2019 was extremely rainy in Caen (Calvados). The Meteo France station in Carpiquet has accumulated 147 mm of rain. It rains, it rains, it rains … The month of October and the beginning of November 2019 are not spared by the rain. After an Indian summer in September, the fall has returned to Caen […]

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Nearly 200 people participated in the tribute to Caen (Calvados), Thursday, October 3, 2019, to Christine Renon, a school director from Seine-Saint-Denis who ended his life in September

Suicide of a School Director: “Anyone Can Crack”, the Homage of 200 People in Caen

Nearly 200 people participated in Caen (Calvados), Thursday 3rd October 2019, the tribute to Christine Renon, director of a school in Pantin that ended her life. As elsewhere in France, the funeral of Christine Renon, Thursday, October 3, 2019, had an echo in Caen (Calvados). Christine Renon, director of a kindergarten in Pantin in Seine-Saint-Denis, who killed herself in her school, […]

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The weather in Calvados saw a dramatic fall in temperatures

Weather in Calvados: Dramatic Fall in Temperatures, is the Cold Already Here?

The inhabitants of Calvados woke up in the cold, Thursday 3rd October 2019, after a significant fall in temperatures. Will the cold settle for the weekend? Everyone handed the sweater and coat, this Thursday 3rd  October 2019, in Calvados. Normal temperatures were around 0 degrees! In Caen, it was 4.2 ° at sunrise, 1 ° at Saint-Pierre-en-Auge and 2 ° at Vire … enough to give […]

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Weather: strong gale announced in Normandy

Weather: strong Gale Announced in Normandy

From Monday 23rd until Wednesday 25th September 2019, the weather will deteriorate in Normandy. The wind could blow up to 83 km/h on the coast. From this Monday 23rd September 2019 until Wednesday 25th September, several notices of great expenses and gale are announced all over the Channel and in the North Sea. Winds from south-southwest will reach […]

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A couple from Normandy sold everything for two years of adventures

A Couple from Normandy Sold Everything for Two Years of Adventures

Monday 2nd September, Magali and Didier from Normandy, will go by truck for two years of adventure between Europe and Asia. To make this crazy dream come true, they sold everything Didier is a photographer in Luc-sur-Mer. Magali is a housewife in a childhood home in Caen (Calvados). Both love to travel, for the beauty of the sites and the […]

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Elastic of bungee gives way in Calvados

Calvados: The Elastic Gives Way During his Jump, he Falls into the Water but Gets Out Unscathed

INCIDENT: The elastic of the bungee gave way for “unexplained reasons” while the jumper touched the water in Calvados A miracle. Sunday, a man who was bungee jumping at the Souleuvre ( Calvados ) viaduct fell from a height of a few meters and finished his race in a body of water. The elastic has yielded for an unknown reason, reports Ouest-France . […]

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