A new, stifling heat wave started on Friday August 8, with 11 departments in the south of France placed in a heat wave, a vigilance which will extend to 28 departments on Saturday.
The heat peak is expected at the start of next week on a large part of the country, after a weekend marked by temperatures between 34 ° C and 40 ° C in the south, up to 41 ° C from the foot of the Cévennes to the Rhône valley, according to Météo-France.
“The very high temperatures should intensify at the start of next week”with the hottest days scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, before maintaining at least until the second part of the week, specifies the weather service in its latest bulletin published on Friday noon.
Since noon, Friday, have been placed in orange vigilance the Rhône, Loire, Isère, Drôme, Ardèche, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne, as well as Aveyron and Lot.
From Saturday noon, vigilance will extend to the Dordogne, Aude, Puy-de-Dôme, Ain, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Ariège, Cantal, Charente, Corrèze, Gers, Haute-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne and Lozère.
Monday could be thus “The hottest national. The heat wave should continue until the second half of next week in the Southeast. ” After a first summer heat wave from June 19 to July 4, this episode constitutes 51e Heat wave recorded in France since 1947, according to his statements.
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Météo-France has also alerted a danger ” pupil “ Forest fires around the Mediterranean periphery, while the fire of exceptional magnitude in the Aude was set Thursday evening after having traveled 17,000 hectares of vegetation and cost the life of a person.
This new heat wave, combined with very low precipitation, will worsen the drought of the soil, already very marked in the southwest.
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