Massive Traffic Jam Filmed in Paris as Residents Attempt to Flee City Ahead of Second Lockdown

Incredible traffic jam in Paris as people try to leave the city before 9 pm curfew and before confinement begins at midnight. Traffic is barely moving in every direction as far as the eye can see. Lots of honking and frustrated drivers. pic.twitter.com/6Zn2HCxuPl

— Michael E. Webber (@MichaelEWebber) October 29, 2020

Traffic around Paris hit record levels just hours before a new national lockdown came into force across France.

Jams stretched to a cumulative 430 miles (700 km) in the Ile-de-France region early on Thursday evening, local media reported.

Lockdown measures came into force at midnight on Friday (23:00 GMT) to tackle spiralling Covid infections.

People have been ordered to stay at home except for essential work or medical reasons.

President Emmanuel Macron said the country risked being "overwhelmed by a second wave that no doubt will be harder than the first".

The terrorist who beheaded a woman and killed two others near a church in Nice, France has been revealed to be a Tunisian boat migrant who arrived on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa last month.https://t.co/Jf0rWVJ6Q9

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) October 29, 2020

A knife-wielding attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar” has beheaded an elderly woman and killed two other people at the Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice. @HughWhitfeld has the shocking details. https://t.co/RsF4gTNAiL pic.twitter.com/7KNtElCjFc

— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) October 29, 2020