14 departments placed in red vigilance this Tuesday, 64 others in orange alertness

Activated Monday morning by the Ministry of Health. Similarly, the “Heatwiveler Info Service” green number and still open this Tuesday.

This issue, reachable for free in mainland France at 0800.06.66.66 From 8 a.m. Nevertheless, to 7 p.m.. However, aims to answer the practical questions that the French can ask themselves in this heat period and recall the right gestures to adopt.

On Monday. For example, new temperature records were reached in the southwest, a sign of the intensity of the heat peak.

Thus, a record more than 100 years old was broken in Sauternes (Gironde), where 42.5 ° C was recorded against 41.8 ° C in August 1906. Moreover, Records of August 2003 were also exceeded, such as in 14 departments placed red vigilance Angoulême-La-Couronne (Charente), where 42.3 ° C were observed on Monday and in Bergerac (Dordogne) with 42.1 ° C.

The heat extends north and northeast of France on Tuesday. Similarly, Between 36 ° C and 38 ° C are expected in the Val-de-Loire, but also in Île-de-France and in the Grand Est.

Only the regions of Brittany and Normandy are spared by mercury increases.

Météo-France announces still very high temperatures on Tuesday, “barely lower than that of Monday”. 40 ° C are expected in places on the Aquitaine coast, 42 ° C points are also provided in Aude.

In the Rhône valley to Lyonnais and in the Ain, temperatures between 39 and 41 ° C are expected.

In the south of France. in particular in the departments placed in a heat wave, the night was tropical: the temperatures did not drop below 20 ° C.

“This Tuesday morning around 5 am, we often note more than 20 ° C in the south. We note around 24 ° C in Toulouse,” notes Météo-France.

The 14 departments placed in red vigilance. today will remain on alert all day.

Météo-France announces this morning in its last bulletin that the Red heat wave is extended until the least Wednesday 6. hours for all the departments of the Southwest.

In its new bulletin. Météo-France confirms that ten departments are still placed in red vigilance this Tuesday morning, to which will 14 departments placed red vigilance be added four other departments from noon: the Rhône, Isère, Drôme and Ardèche.

Red vigilance was however lifted in Charente and Charente-Maritime, now placed on a heat wave alert.

While France has lived its 51st heat wave since 1947, the 40 ° C was exceeded this Monday, August 11 in several departments.

“It’s hot but what could be more normal in the south”, “these are summer temperatures” … can still read on social networks at the moment. Affirmations that contradict the alerts of scientists. Agro-climatologist Serge Zaka makes him a very clear focus: “It is not normal, it is a nightmare”.

> The full article on this subject is to be read here

64 departments are 14 departments placed red vigilance also placed in orange heat wave by Météo France for Tuesday day. Only the northwest quarter is spared.

“Passage in orange alert from Tuesday noon from all the departments of the Grand-Est. Île-de-France regions, as well as Loiret (45), Aisne (02), North (59), Oise (60), and Corsica-du-Sud (2A)”, specifies the institute in its latest bulletin.

Hello. welcome to this Live devoted to the episode of a clean heat wave in France. 14 departments are placed in red vigilance this Tuesday by Météo France.

These are Gironde. Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Lot, Landes, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Aude, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Rhône, Isère, Drôme and Ardèche.

These last four departments will go into red vigilance from this Tuesday noon.