A wave of cold shakes France and leaves more than 30,000 homes without electricity

The cold snap that shakes France have been deprived of electricity to more than 30,000 homes in the South of the country and has left up to 20 centimeters of snow on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.

On that island, 14,000 homes were left without power last night, the 9,500 remain without electricity, and meteorological services have alerted drivers of the situation.

In addition to Corsica, Var (southern part of the country), where other 17,000 homes were without electricity, and departments of Marne (North) have been particularly hard hit.

In Alpes-Maritimes, the Department bordering the Principality of Monaco where the city of Cannes, other 1,500 homes lost electricity.

The authorities have informed the population, through the media, that toppled electric poles can still be found and that it is dangerous to approach or touch them.

Snowfall and frost have led that is u000aprohibit circulation by highway to lorries of more than 7.5 tonnes in the six departments of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the South and East of the country and has even been cut the A8 at km 108, at the height of Vidauban (Var).

Snow, in the South of France has accumulated a thickness of between 10 and 15 inches the morning yesterday, came up to 40 centimeters in Hautes-Alpes, where there is risk of avalanche, according to the Agency of meteorology Météo France.

In Paris, where thermometers dropped below zero degrees Celsius, the cold has caused that the "homeless" seek refuge in 8,000 places of lodging that has the city for them.

Meteorological services expect a new wave of cold now.

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