Weather warning

Weather warning - Storm Claudio is currently hitting the south of France and has this morning flooded part of the A8 motorway, towards Aix-en-Provence resulting in the closure of the motorway in the area. It has since reopened. However the departments of the Alpes-Maritimes and Var remain on a yellow storm alert due to heavy rain and flooding until noon. According to meteo France the weather will improve by the afternoon becoming dry and sunny once again.

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