On the night of Thursday 19th October, customs of La Rochelle found 2,362 kg of cannabis resin in a truck. Both drivers were indicted. This is a record seizure for 2017. On the night of Thursday, October 19, 2017, the customs of La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)intercepted a truck registered in Morocco, on the A10, within which were hidden 2362 kg of […]
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A Woman in her fifties died after being struck by lightning on Friday morning on a beach in the island of Oléron (Charente-Maritime). She had gone fishing on foot. A woman was struck by lightning on Friday morning on the island of Oléron. On holiday she was with a party who were fishing with her husband on […]
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A resident of Charente-Maritime Wednesday won € 17 million on the loto or the seventh biggest win in the history of this game, announced on Thursday by the organisers (FDJ). A resident of Charente-Maritime Wednesday won € 17 million on the loto or the seventh biggest win in the history of this game, announced on […]
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WEATHER: The West of France will be crossed by violent storms and winds on Sunday afternoon, and placed on Orange Alert … Too bad, for a long weekend, the weather is not looking good. Anyway in 22 departments of the Southwest in Languedoc, which were placed in amber alert for severe storms, said Sunday Météo-France. Here […]
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33 departments of the northwest to the Paris basin are now placed in orange alert for Sunday afternoon, issued by Meteo France. Vigilance has however been lifted for four departments: Calvados, Manche, Orne and Sarthe. Météo-France has placed an orange alert on an additional nine departments Sunday afternoon, bringing to 33 the total number of […]
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WEATHER WARNING: Meteo France have placed seven departments on Orange alert for high waves and flooding in Brittany, Loire Atlantique and Vendée. This Monday a new disturbance arrived in the night on the tip of Brittany which will cover the North and West, before turning to the South East by the end of the day, according to […]
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WEATHER: Winds can reach 130 to 140 km/h on the Atlantic coast … Eleven departments of South West France this Sunday from 10am have been placed om orange alert for strong winds, said Meteo France . Relevant departments are Ariège, Aude, Charente-Maritime, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrenees and the Pyrenees -Orientales. The end of the […]
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The storms follow one another. After Storm Kurt and Storm Leiv, it is the turn of the Storm Marcel depression sweeping the southwest of France, this Sunday 5th February. Eleven departments and Andorra are placed from 10am on orange alert for strong winds. Meteo France placed this Sunday morning eleven departments orange alert “winds” from […]
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Meteo France lifted the orange alert to the winds, triggered by the passage of storm Leiv for all departments. 250,000 homes were without electricity early afternoon but things are gradually returning to normal. They are no more than about 60 000 this Saturday night. 2000 Enedis technicians are hard at work. Wind gusts to 148 […]
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As expected, the storm Leiv began to hit on Saturday morning,on the Atlantic coast and mainly focused on three departments, Charente, Charente-Maritime and Gironde which are on Red Alert for “winds”. The weather system of exceptional power could cause major damage in several places along the Atlantic coast. The warning of high winds is also […]
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