After heavy snowfall in the south-east of France on Thursday there was widespread chaos on the roads with many routes blocked. By Friday morning only one département - Saône-et-Loire - was still on an orange weather alert, but around 300,000 homes in the départements of Ardèche, Drôme, Isère and Rhône were without electricity. The power cuts were caused by several power lines falling due to heavy snow, one of which fell onto homes in the Ardèche village of Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban. Traffic conditions have also been very difficult throughout the Rhone-Alps region, with minor roads blocked and major routes running extremely slowly. Routes between Annecy, Grenoble and Valence were closed overnight and passengers had to be rescued from one train that became stranded.

Source: The Local November 15, 2019 07:45 UTC