Authorities Warn of Continued High Tides Until Wednesday, Urging Extreme Caution

Authorities Warn of Continued High Tides Until Wednesday, Urging Extreme Caution

High tides will continue until Wednesday. While exceptional coefficients are expected throughout the Channel and Atlantic coast, the authorities are increasing calls for the greatest caution. Follow the full coverage The 1 p.m. Inexorably, the water rises and begins to flood the streets. It takes more to surprise Daniel, a resident of Saint-Valery-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime), who … Read more

Snow Chaos: A12 and A13 Motorways Closed, Paris Region Traffic Comes to a Halt

Snow Chaos: A12 and A13 Motorways Closed, Paris Region Traffic Comes to a Halt

Blocked roads, stopped motorists, serial accidents…Heavy snowfalls have had consequences on motorway traffic in the Paris region, with the temporary closure of the A12 and A13 motorways. The victims of the road recount these endless hours of waiting. Cars stopped in single file or on the shoulder, motorists shivering in the cold… Yvelines and Essonne … Read more

Rare Snowfall Covers France as Sudden Cold Wave Hits the Country

Rare Snowfall Covers France as Sudden Cold Wave Hits the Country

Snowflakes fell on the capital and elsewhere in France on the evening of January 8. Internet users did not fail to marvel at it. This episode broke out when an intense cold wave suddenly hit on the country. Whirling snowflakes in France. In Paris as in other corners of the country, snowfall was observed this … Read more

Bad weather: 9 departments on orange alert for floods or rain-flooding

Bad weather: 9 departments on orange alert for floods or rain-flooding

Bad weather is expected in a large part of the territory this Monday, forecasts Météo France, which places nine departments on alert. Eight departments are on orange alert for floods, three for rain-flooding. Check the map and forecasts. Heavy rain is expected in France this Monday, December 11, according to Météo-France forecasts. Accumulated precipitation could … Read more

Unexpected Windstorm Causes Chaos in Vidauban: Falling Tree and Collapsing Wall Leave Residents Terrified

Unexpected Windstorm Causes Chaos in Vidauban: Falling Tree and Collapsing Wall Leave Residents Terrified

In Vidauban (Var), local residents were surprised at the end of the night. The swirling winds caused a pine tree to fall, which knocked down a wall. Brigitte and Wilfrid were very scared. “Around 5:55 a.m., we heard an impossible wind, gusts, rain. When we got up, we found ourselves in complete darkness, we ran … Read more

Exploring the Buried Foundations: Unveiling the Impact of New York’s Skyscrapers on the City’s Soil Pressure

Exploring the Buried Foundations: Unveiling the Impact of New York’s Skyscrapers on the City’s Soil Pressure

If the skyscrapers of New York point upwards, scientists are starting to take an interest in what is happening below, at the level of the foundations of the American megalopolis. Worried about the pressure exerted by these towers on the city’s soil. They even calculated their number: there are a total of 1,068,954 buildings in … Read more

Controversy Arises as Semi-Trailers Sell Water at Exorbitant Prices Despite Local Supply

Controversy Arises as Semi-Trailers Sell Water at Exorbitant Prices Despite Local Supply

“Around twenty semi-trailers will cross the villages to sell water at a gold price, even though we had it there in the territory, and perhaps in four mornings, we will die of thirst. Really, we don’t understand at all”says the winegrower, whose farm will be very close to the drilling. The residents created a collective, … Read more

50 Departments Added to Orange Vigilance List at Heat Wave, Including Charente-Maritimes

50 Departments Added to Orange Vigilance List at Heat Wave, Including Charente-Maritimes

The list of departments placed in orange vigilance at the heat wave will be extended from Monday, with a new department classified as alert: Charente-Maritimes. This brings to 50 the number of departments in orange vigilance. As a reminder, the territories classified on this list this Sunday, all located in the southern half of the … Read more

New Yorkers Beware: Aphid Infestation Adds to Pollution Woes

New Yorkers Beware: Aphid Infestation Adds to Pollution Woes

Already exasperated by the pollution linked to the smoke from the fires coming from Canada, New Yorkers must now, in addition, be careful not to swallow these little beasts. According to specialists, these are aphids that are particularly present after a very mild winter and a very rainy spring. “The start of summer, with the … Read more

“Gigantic Waterspout off Anne’s Beach in Islamorada (Florida): Spectacular Video Goes Viral”

The sequence is impressive. A video shared Friday on social networks shows a gigantic waterspout off Anne’s beach, in Islamorada (Florida). A waterspout spawned by severe thunderstorms near the Keys, which prompted flood warnings in the area. A waterspout is a rotating column of air mixed with water, forming a funnel cloud. This phenomenon, less … Read more