More severe weather set for south-west France
UPDATED: France has issued a severe weather warning for motorists in southwestern France with more heavy snow forecast. Check out some of the best pictures of the "snowpocalypse".
Weather agency Météo France said late on Monday afternoon that 15 départements in south and south western France would have severe weather from 4am on Tuesday morning and for the following 24 hours. It warned that the weather would cause considerable danger for motorists due to snow and black ice. The blizzards follow around one and a half metres of snowfall that hit the peaks of the Pyrénées over the weekend - which ironically proved to be too much of the white stuff for many skiers. Slopes at a number of ski resorts - including Artouste, La Pierre Saint Martin and Gourette - were closed until Monday morning with access to the areas also shut off.
Gourette saw an avalanche of "exceptional" size on Sunday afternoon, with the agency issuing a "maximum" avalanche warning for the area - which was lifted on Monday morning. France's social media users were a-Twitter as the snow continued to fall - and here are some of the best snaps from the weekend's cold snap.
À la station de #SaintLary impossible de redescendre par la route. Risques d'#avalanche #Pyrenees #neige pic.twitter.com/2YmpFcRQxT
— Benjamin Peter (@BenjaminPeter) February 1, 2015
LA photo du jour #ApocalypseSnowNPY @la_psm pic.twitter.com/CvhkDX8bq8
— La Pierre St Martin (@la_psm) February 1, 2015
#ApocalypseSnowNPY RT @F3Aquitaine: #Pyrénées la pierre saint Martin @la_psm pic.twitter.com/HBomGUwhvl
— N'PY (@npyski) February 1, 2015
humhum "@sudouest: Neige : le risque d'avalanche à son maximum dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques http://t.co/4ytVOd2InM pic.twitter.com/xrHQGEVJ7e"
— Mamour ⚓ Blogue (@Mamourblogue) January 31, 2015
#neige #Pyrenees un peu d'accalmie après la tempête. Risque avalanche 5/5 #prudenceneige pic.twitter.com/CazoXYxFx5
— Station Formiguères (@SkiFormi) February 2, 2015
L'alerte orange est levée sur les cinq départements de la chaîne des #Pyrénées http://t.co/P7gR5L4Aty pic.twitter.com/J0523bmbTA
— France3 Aquitaine (@F3Aquitaine) February 2, 2015
Au @PicduMidi il a aussi bien neigé... Bon courage aux équipes. #ApocalypseSnowNPY #NPY #pyrenees pic.twitter.com/LJBUH4oMNd
— N'PY (@npyski) February 2, 2015
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Gourette saw an avalanche of "exceptional" size on Sunday afternoon, with the agency issuing a "maximum" avalanche warning for the area - which was lifted on Monday morning.
France's social media users were a-Twitter as the snow continued to fall - and here are some of the best snaps from the weekend's cold snap.
À la station de #SaintLary impossible de redescendre par la route. Risques d'#avalanche #Pyrenees #neige pic.twitter.com/2YmpFcRQxT
— Benjamin Peter (@BenjaminPeter) February 1, 2015
LA photo du jour #ApocalypseSnowNPY @la_psm pic.twitter.com/CvhkDX8bq8
— La Pierre St Martin (@la_psm) February 1, 2015
#ApocalypseSnowNPY RT @F3Aquitaine: #Pyrénées la pierre saint Martin @la_psm pic.twitter.com/HBomGUwhvl
— N'PY (@npyski) February 1, 2015
humhum "@sudouest: Neige : le risque d'avalanche à son maximum dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques http://t.co/4ytVOd2InM pic.twitter.com/xrHQGEVJ7e"
— Mamour ⚓ Blogue (@Mamourblogue) January 31, 2015
#neige #Pyrenees un peu d'accalmie après la tempête. Risque avalanche 5/5 #prudenceneige pic.twitter.com/CazoXYxFx5
— Station Formiguères (@SkiFormi) February 2, 2015
L'alerte orange est levée sur les cinq départements de la chaîne des #Pyrénées http://t.co/P7gR5L4Aty pic.twitter.com/J0523bmbTA
— France3 Aquitaine (@F3Aquitaine) February 2, 2015
Au @PicduMidi il a aussi bien neigé... Bon courage aux équipes. #ApocalypseSnowNPY #NPY #pyrenees pic.twitter.com/LJBUH4oMNd
— N'PY (@npyski) February 2, 2015
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