Orne, Calvados and Manche are under a yellow warning for snow and ice during the night. Seine-Maritime prefecture triggered the alert “cold weather”. Three departments under snow and ice warning The cold settles in Normandy. In the night from Wednesday 8th to Thursday, February 9, 2017, the former Lower Normandy is under yellow alert for […]
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Ten departments of the northwest quarter and three central-eastern France were placed in orange alert for strong winds on Sunday morning. In addition Calvados, Eure, Manche, Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Seine-Maritime and Somme placed on Saturday morning orange alert, Meteo France has broadened the Sunday morning orange vigilance to three other departments: Loire, Haute-Loire and the Rhône. […]
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The access to the “Pont de Normandie” is blocked this Wednesday, 25th May by the unions CGT, Solidaires, FSU, UNEF. From 7.15am this wednesday, the 25th May, the Normandy bridge is blocked, on the Seine-Maritime side by the unions CGT, Solidaires, FSU, UNEF. This is another protest against the Labour law, passed by using the 49.3 rule, […]
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The prefecture has just published a status update on the department. The situation has deteriorated slightly compared to yesterday. But not enough to ration. There are currently 46 petrol stations totally out of fuel, 56 stations who are out SP95 petrol, 54 stations out of SP98 petrol and 63 stations currently out of diesel. That […]
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After the blockages that have caused difficulties to supply service stations, fuel delivery should resume, although could remain difficult. Seine-Maritime prefecture is on alert on fuel sourcing difficulties noted above in the Le Havre region and the whole department. “On Tuesday early evening, fuel operators were warned by distributors the possibility of delivery in the […]
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Disruptions are expected from Sunday night on the West and North West of France … Six western departments and the Northwest of France were placed in orange alert for strong winds announced from Sunday night, according to the bulletin of Météo France broadcast Sunday at 6 o’clock. Côtes d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, Calvados and Manche […]
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Fleeing the “jungle” of Calais, migrants flock to the Northern port of Caen, Ouistreham in recent weeks. Their goal, to get to England. Since the beginning of 2016, new migrants arrive in numbers in Ouistreham, the port north of Caen (Calvados). A direct consequence of tighter conditions in the “jungle” of Calais. Their goal? To […]
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A VILLAGE in Normandy is selling land for a knock down price of just €1 per square metre in a bid to boost its population and put a stop years of decline. The village of Champ-du-Boult, in the Calvados department, is a popular stop-off point for tourists and mountain-biking fans, but is less popular for […]
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