Temperatures up to - 20 degrees in the center of France and risk of blackouts

The cold snap affecting much of the European continent resulted in France at temperatures up to 20 degrees below zero in the center of the country, which this afternoon again confronts the risk of blackouts in some regions by the limits of electrical networks with record levels of consumption.

French meteorological services indicated last night there were 20 degrees below zero in the town of Aubusson, in the region of Limousin, and that minimum were between - 13 and - 15 degrees in most of the Centre of the country, with peaks of - 18 degrees in the Department of Yvelines, about 50 kilometers from Paris.

In the capital, temperatures dropped to 6 degrees below zero and the maximum scheduled for today is 2 degrees below zero.

A total of 39 of the hundred of France departments (in the Center and Northeast) are in warning Orange cold.

To the forecast for the next few hours, the transport network of u000aElectricity (ten) has reiterated its requests to try to contain the consumption in the critical phase is expected between 18.00 and 20.00 hours, when it could reach an all-time high.

The risk, by the threat of blackouts, is given in the departments of the French Riviera and in Britain, whose electricity supply networks are very fair in demand peaks.

At 19.00 hours on Monday arrived at 96,300 megawatts, touching the maximum of 96.710 megawatts in December 2010.

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