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Another 54 departments orange alert,:
A large southern half of France still in red. For example, The heat wave continues on a large part of the country on Saturday. Furthermore, with 54 departments placed in orange vigilance by Météo France, on the ninth day of a heat wave which also affects southern Europe.
A particularly intense heat peak is expected in Aude. For example, Hérault, according to the forecasts of Météo France, which incorporates South Brittany into its vigilance. In addition, In Montpellier. Nevertheless, the thermometer should display a maximum of 42 ° C on Saturday afternoon while Cherbourg – in green like the rest of Normandy – will benefit from milder weather with maximum temperatures between 22 ° C and 24 ° C. Meanwhile,
The Bouches-du-Rhône department will remain on orange heat wave another 54 departments orange alert, at least until Sunday with a slight increase in maximum temperatures on Saturday from 37 ° C to 39 ° C inside the land. In addition, from 34 ° C to 36 ° C on the coast. The scorching episode in the department is accompanied by ozone air pollution forcing the maintenance of differentiated traffic in Marseille.
The risk of fire will also be high in the coming days in the south. the center-west due to drought and winds, particularly in Aude, the Vaucluse and the Drôme who will go into red vigilance for the danger of fires, announced Météo-France. In the Aude. where gusts of wind up to 45km/h are expected on Saturday, the work of firefighters promises to be still complicated for the 330 firefighters still mobilized on the exceptional fire which traveled 16,000 hectares and is still not extinguished with a risk of another 54 departments orange alert, recovery accentuated by strong heat. The Vaucluse prefecture prohibited access to a dozen mountain ranges on Saturday.
The heat wave will last until the end of the day before regressing from the North. the West on Sunday and especially Monday. New thunderstorms. early next week, should lower temperatures according to Météo France and put an end to this long scorching episode. The forecasters expect an end of orange vigilance on Saturday evening for all the departments of Auvergne. Limousin, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Center-Val-de-Loire, as well as for Loire, Ain, Lozère, Aveyron, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne.
On Saturday at 6 am. twelve departments, mainly northeast, were already replaced on yellow vigilance, said Météo France in its latest bulletin. The Institute anticipates a wider decline on Sunday, especially in the center, with 18 additional downgraded departments.
The heat wave started on August 8 another 54 departments orange alert, in France. First confined to the south. with particularly high temperatures on the Mediterranean South, it reached an exceptional level between Monday and Wednesday in the southwest to the center-east, where many records were broken.
In France, 266 weather stations recorded at least once a temperature of 40 ° C or more between August 9 and 12, 2025 included. Or more than all the second half of the 20th century (235), an assessment made much more likely by global warming.
Another 54 departments orange alert,
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