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Weather warning - Meteo France has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain and flooding in the Alpes-Maritimes. The warning is in place until midnight tonight. There's also a yellow warning for high waves and flooding in both the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var from 5am to 3pm today Friday 1st December.
Strike action – In other news, national strike action is planned today on French railways. The SNCF has said that services will be affected until 8am on Saturday morning.
New app - Meanwhile, a new alert on the SNCF’s mobile application will now allow passengers to be notified when a seat becomes available on a full train. The new feature of the SNCF Connect application aims to make it easier to find a place during busy times of year, such as the school holidays. Once sent, the user has a window of between 10 minutes and 2 hours, depending on how soon the scheduled departure is, to purchase a ticket. Once this time has run out the alert is sent to the next person in the queue.
Road safety campaign – France’s road safety body has launched its prevention campaign against drugged driving. It said that drugs increase reaction time, decrease rapid decision-making and change people's perceptions of space. On French roads, 1 in 5 deaths involve a driver who has taken drugs.
World AIDS Day - As part of World AIDS Day today, December 1st the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, along with regional elected officials and the president of the associat
