Police Recommend Paris Citizens to Avoid Using Personal Vehicles Due to Ice Rain

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Parisians are advised to avoid the use of their personal vehicles in favor of public transport due to ice rains, the Paris Police Prefecture said Thursday morning.

According to the French weather agency Meteo France, 56 French departments, including the Paris Region, remain under "orange alert," meaning that people should remain vigilant since dangerous weather conditions may impact significantly on the affected areas.

"Due to weather conditions and the risk of ice rains, the police prefecture recommends avoiding the use of personal vehicles and giving preference to public transport," the prefecture wrote on its Twitter page.

⚠️#Rappel ⚠️ #VigilanceOrange #NeigeVerglas en #IDF générant des risques sérieux de sécurité routière et des perturbations de trafic. Soyez prudents et consultez nos recommandations pour la nuit de mercredi à jeudi: https://t.co/9uLmvWLAa4 pic.twitter.com/e2EXUs1LE5

— Préfecture de police (@prefpolice) February 28, 2018

[#Neige #Verglas] ⚠️#VigilanceOrange en #IDF ❄: en raison des conditions climatiques et des risques de pluies verglaçantes, évitez l'utilisation de vos véhicules et privilégiez les transports en commun ce jeudi matin!

🚗 Suivez l'évolution du trafic: https://t.co/b861lSRz2h pic.twitter.com/nejIxlFVep

— Préfet d'Île-de-France, préfet de Paris (@Prefet75_IDF) March 1, 2018

For its part, RATP, the Paris public transport operator, informed that due to snowfalls the traffic of several bus lines had been disrupted. The bus lines Orlybus and Roissybus, which transport passengers to the main Paris airports, Orly and Charles de Gaulle, are not functioning, RATP added.

⚠ Nouvel épisode neigeux ❄
Piétons, soyez prudents lors de vos déplacements. Suivez nos conseils. 🚶‍♂ pic.twitter.com/DZ2iIU5KKF

— Pompiers de Paris (@PompiersParis) February 8, 2018

Ah bah il n'y a pas qu'à Paris!
Neige: 2 000 voitures encore bloquées sur les routes de l’Hérault — via @Le_Parisien https://t.co/ONPslFeMTR

— CedBonJovi (@Cedpsg76) March 1, 2018

Snow In Paris… pic.twitter.com/NvZZwylbXJ

— Glennie Sims (@glennie_sims) March 1, 2018

— Aoi Neko (@Aoi_Neko78) March 1, 2018

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On Wednesday, France has reached its peak in electricity consumption due to low temperatures and requested for thousands of kilowatts from its neighbors Belgium, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.