A man rides a bicycle on a snow-covered road in Paris, France, Jan. 20, 2013. French weather agency Meteo France has put 55 departments, including the Ile-de-France (Paris and its suburb), under orange alert and decided to maintain the alert system in these areas till Sunday afternoon based on lasting snowfalls in these areas where the snow is expected to be thick as up to 20 centimeters. [Xinhua]