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Many agglomerations suffer from air heavily polluted with fine particles, Tuesday, February 14. The weather, without wind or rain, complicates the dispersion of these particles harmful to health.
In the parks of Lille (Nord), many joggers feel the poor air quality on Tuesday, February 14. “It’s true that we don’t breathe the same, we’re a little more out of breath, and then there’s a little veil. It’s not necessarily business as usual“, explains one of them. For the past few days, a large part of France has been placed on air pollution alert. About twenty cities are concerned.
The weather accentuates the phenomenon
In question, an atmosphere loaded with fine particles, emitted in particular by road transport or wood heating. And the weather accentuates the phenomenon. “We have very little wind currently, so the particles do not disperse geographically and vertically. They remain in the layer of atmosphere in which we breathe“, explains Manon Ahlouche, forecaster Météo France. The absence of rain is also one of the explanations.
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