Warm to France, which faces extreme and lasts heat. Tuesday, July 1, should be the hottest day of this episode, with minimums of 23-24 ° C in the south of France, and maximums reaching 36 ° C, or even 41 ° C in the departments in red alert, according to Météo-France. “It is a particularly hot day and red vigilance has a meaning, it is that it concerns everyone (…) and that everyone, not only vulnerable people, must be careful”recalled the Minister of Labor and Health, Catherine Vautrin, on TF1. Follow our direct.
A “heat wave” vigilance in 84 departments, including 16 in red at noon. This highest level of alert concerns, all the departments of Ile-de-France, those of the Center-Val de Loire region (except Eure-et-Loir), as well as dawn, Yonne and Vienne. It is extended to the whole day on Wednesday, announced Météo-France who, in these departments, asks not to go out “In the hottest hours”between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., or to surrender “In a cool or air -conditioned place two to three hours a day”. At the national level, 68 other departments remain in orange alert.
Some 1,350 closed schools. Faced with this extreme heat, several communities have decided to close access to establishments welcoming children, including the city of Melun (Seine-et-Marne). At the national level, some 1,350 public schools, out of 45,000, are the subject of a partial or total closure on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of National Education.
Unpublished temperatures. On Sunday, two measures testified to the unprecedented character of this suffocating heat wave: the Mediterranean experienced its hottest surface temperature for a month of June, at 26.01 ° C on average, according to the European program Copernicus. And Mont-Blanc, at 4,806 m above sea level, “had to record a positive temperature, at 1 or 2 ° C”, which does not happen, sometimes, “That in the heart of summer”explains to AFP Antoine Courteaud, forecaster and nivologist of Météo-France in Chamonix.
A green number available. Need advice against heat? The tighter towl number “to protect and protect those around him” is available on 0 800 06 66 66 (free call between 9 am and 7 pm). Advice is also available on the sites of the Ministry of Health and Public Health France.
