Paris Airports Close Overnight (M-T) As France Braces For Winter Storm, High Winds - AFP

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Paris airports will be shut to flights from 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) Monday until 10:00 am Tuesday because of extremely high winds expected to hit the French capital, transport officials said.

All flights due in and out of the city's two main airports, Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) and Orly, have been cancelled within that time period and travellers were asked not to head to either of them, they said.

Charles de Gaulle is one the busiest airports in Europe.

Paris faced winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour, forecasters warned earlier, as France was put on storm alert just two weeks after a tempest left 11 dead in the southwest.

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1. Nothing to see here, global climate change is a myth, move along now......