The snow fell back heavily, affecting France

The snow has returned to the northern and eastern cities of North France, especially Lille, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, which has been hit hard, almost paralyzed on March 5.

About 3,500-4,000 other passengers were trapped in the TGV fast ships, while 140,000 households had no electricity on the night of March 5 because eight high-voltage poles collapsed. Traffic congestion is about 20km long on the national roads, especially on the A25, RN 41 roads and the roads intersect within 15 hours.

According to the announcement of the French Electricity Group (EDF), electrical problems can hardly be overcome before this morning (March 7). To overcome the power problem in "the shortest possible time" about 250 electricity workers were mobilized to increase the power supply to Normandy, de Picardie, de Champagne-Ardenne et Ile-de. -France. Fixing incidents is carried out right from the first hours of March 6.

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Heavy snowfall caused many cities in France to be severely affected

The French Railways Federation SNCF said that some railroads, long-distance cars and highways (TGV, Thalys, Eurostar) travel from Paris to the northern cities, or between Lille et Arras also interrupted or stopped bad.

The cable cars provide electricity for the heavily damaged tram system in Seclin city, the upper part of Seclin . SNCF also had to decide to reduce the frequency of trips to these regional cities to ensure safety for train passengers. .

According to SNCF spokesperson, TGV will try to maintain gradually the old railway. Nearly 7,000 railroad employees have been mobilized and worked on the night of March 5, March 6 to make travel more gradually overcome in such difficult weather conditions. Some trips will only be delayed until March 6.

At Lille-Lesquin airport, many routes have been closed for hours, dozens of flights between Lille and Best cities have been canceled. Flights from Nantes to Lille are delayed or canceled. Only 50% of flights on the Nantes-Lille route are guaranteed.

According to French meteorologists, the weather is bad and it continues to rain throughout the region in the next 24 hours. However, SNCF issued a warning, in any case, passengers must monitor the information on the electronic tables to understand the actual traffic situation in the provinces across the northern region.