French and Riviera News Friday 10th March 2023

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Weather warning - Corsica, the Var and the Alpes Maritimes are on an orange weather alert today Friday 10th March, with strong winds forecast. In total Météo France has placed eleven departments, four in Brittany and seven in the Southeast, on alert due to violent winds and high waves. The warnings are in place from 4am in the north and 6am in the southeast. Gusts up to 95km an hour are expected reaching up to 110 to 130km an hour in the Fayence region and the hinterland of Grasse.

Meanwhile a small tornado hit the small town of Creuse in central France on Thursday causing significant damage. According to firefighters more than thirty interventions were carried out.

Strike action - Train services in our region continue to be affected by ongoing industrial action. Services at St Charles station in Marseille came to a halt for over an hour on Thursday after several hundred protestors occupied the track. Elsewhere in our region, services continue to suffer disruption because of the ongoing strikes. Nationally, about two out of five local TER trains are running and about one out of three TGV's. Trains are expected to be disrupted over the weekend as well, particularly on Saturday when another day of national industrial action is taking place. Details of specific services are available at train stations, on the SNCF Assistant App and on sncf.com

Anglo-French summit - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in Paris today to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron alongside senior ministers in the fir