WEATHER

Meteoalarm posts the risk of severe weather events from Red (life threatening) to Green (no risk). The alerts can be for specific times and/or altitudes so check.

See a general forecast from Sky News or Weatheronline, or shipping forecast or radar map MeteoRadar.

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CROSSING THE CHANNEL

See links below for service updates from each operator:

Port of Dover – Port of Calais – P&O – P&O Freight – Eurotunnel – Eurotunnel Freight – DFDS – DFDS Freight

Condor Ferries – Brittany Ferries – Stena Line

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TRAFFIC

TomTom, Google Maps, Nokia HERE and INRIX all have European traffic info, or see national feeds below:

Austria – Belgium – France – Germany (weather) – Netherlands – Switzerland – Luxembourg – Spain – Portugal – Italy

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ALPINE CROSSINGS

The three major tunnels through the Alps are regular traffic bottlenecks. Check the websites for current conditions and when they close for maintenance. Gotthard is free but Mont Blanc and Frejus charge €40.90 each way.

France<>Italy: Mont Blanc Tunnel (A40/A5) – Frejus Tunnel (A43/A32) – Switzerland: Gotthard Tunnel (A2) – Great Saint Bernard Tunnel (Italy)

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TRAFFIC FORECASTS

France – Germany – Switzerland – Austria – Italy (A22 Brennero)

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