Heat wave: orange vigilance extended to 80 departments Friday
Opinion (with AFP)
Toulouse – A large part of the country remains overheated Thursday, on the seventh day of a still overwhelming heat wave in 75 departments, according to Météo -France, which however raised red vigilance in the last departments concerned. This new episode of heat wave, the second of the summer, began last Friday with 11 departments in the South, before gradually extending to the vast majority of the country and Andorra, with the exception of the northwest quarter, which remains spared on Thursday. Temperatures must decrease “temporarily a notch compared to Wednesday”, especially in the center-east, but will remain on Thursday “at scorching levels in a large part of the country”, in particular on the three-quarters south and east of the country, warns Météo-France in its latest bulletin. Like the previous days, record temperatures were recorded on Wednesday: 41.7 ° C in Châteaumeillant (Cher); 39.8 ° C (Nièvre) or 39.7 ° C in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (Savoie), at 698 m above sea level, according to Météo France. On the other hand, the temperatures will be slightly increased in the Southwest, in particular in the Aude, where the heat wave puts the cultures to the Orange alert will concern on Friday 80 departments, against Météo-France. A heat wave of the year, and between the two we had very little water. Milk, explains this 54-year-old breeder. “During these periods, they eat less. Chaleur has led EDF to reduce the production of the Golfech nuclear power plant, as provided for in a 2006 decree: the power station takes water from the river, then rejects it at a higher temperature, thus contributing to the warming in the Paris region. Midnight, the maximum authorized speed will go from 130 to 110 km/h on the highways, will be capped at 90 km/h on the tracks at 110 km/h and those limited to 90 or 80 km/H will pass at 70 km/h. France. “We may not be so hot in the North. 1947. The drop in temperatures Thursday will be “very relative and provisional”, warns Météo-France, because very strong heat is expected again for the weekend of August 15 with probably up to 40 ° C on the southwest. Grandparents, rather accustomed to exceptional heat waves, as in 1947 or 1983. Mining studies show that the heat kills more than hurricane, the floods or any other extreme climate event has improved since the heat wave of 2003 (15,000 dead) and less people are now moving in heat, but more than 5,000 people died in the summer of 2023. Martinez © Agency France-Presse
