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- ECHO Daily flash of 31/01/2019

Severe weather, including heavy snow and strong wind, has been affecting western and northern France over the past three days, causing casualties and damage.
As of 31 January at 8.00 UTC, two people are dead from weather related incidents, one in the Loir-et-Cher Department, Centre-Val de Loire Region and one in the Seine-Maritime Department, Normandy Region. Seven more have been injured in western regions. Roads have been preventatively closed in the Paris area.
Over the next 24 hours, more heavy snow is forecast over the Normandy Region, Hauts-de-France Region and the Val de Seine area. Heavy rain and strong wind is forecast over weastern and central regions.
Météo-France has issued an orange warning for strong wind and snow avalanche over Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées and for snow/ice over Eure, Val d'Oise, Seine-Maritime, Yvelines, Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Somme.