Météo France has placed 21 departments in the northern half of the country on orange alert for Thursday, including 19 for risk of strong winds. Oise and all the departments of the Paris region are among those on orange violent wind alert.
Two other departments, Vendée and Deux-Sèvres, are on orange rain-flood vigilance. Depression Louis will affect the north of France this Thursday. More information to follow on Le Parisien. > More information on this story to follow.