A total of 24 departments were placed on orange alert, the second highest alert, by France's national weather agency Meteo France on Monday. The departments were placed on orange alert on Monday at 4pm and were expected to remain in place until at least 4 pm on Tuesday. Orange alert means that people in the area should remain vigilant due to the risk of dangerous weather conditions. Map: Meteo FranceIt will be the first snowfall in Paris this winter, with the first flakes set to hit the French capital at around 7-8 am on Tuesday morning. “We're expecting five to ten centimetres of snow across a wide part of France's Grand Est region,” said France's national weather agency Meteo France.

Source: The Local January 21, 2019 15:33 UTC