28 departments in the south in orange alert Saturday noon, then 40 Sunday

A new. Moreover, stifling heat wave started on Friday August 8, with 11 departments in the south of France placed in a heat wave orange, a vigilance that extends to 28 departments on Saturday from 12 noon.

From the Dordogne to Haute-Savoie via Cantal. For example, Drôme, a large southern part of the country will experience a weekend marked by temperatures between 34 ° C and 40 28 departments south orange alert ° C, and which can reach 41 ° C from the foot of the Cévennes to the lower Rhône valley, according to Météo-France. Furthermore, Maximums of 39.5 ° C in Saint-Côme-d’Olet (Aveyron) or 39.1 ° C in Tiranges (Haute-Loire) were already noted on Friday afternoon. Moreover, In the south. For example, south-east, the nights will become very hot from the Pyrénées-Orientales to the Rhône valley, with minimums between 21 ° C and 25 ° C.

In its bulletin published on Saturday at 6 am. Meanwhile, Météo-France warns that almost the entire southern half of France will be placed in orange alert on Sunday. Similarly, Forty departments of this southern half – excluding Corsica – will be affected by this level of vigilance until. midnight at this stage.

Monday could be “The hottest nationwide”said the forecaster. stating that the heat wave “Should last until next week in 28 departments south orange alert the southern half of the country”. “The minimum temperatures of the night from Friday to Saturday had trouble descending under 20 ° C on the southwest. the center-east of the territory”explained, Saturday morning, Météo-France.

Since noon. Friday, have been placed in orange the Rhône, the Loire, the Isère, the Drôme, the Ardèche, the Hautes-Pyrénées, the Haute-Garonne, the Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne, as well as the Aveyron and the Lot. From Saturday noon. vigilance will extend to the Dordogne, Aude, Puy-de-Dôme, Ain, Savoy, Haute-Savoie, Allier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Ariège, Cantal, Charente, Corrèze, Gers, Haute-Loire, Lozère and Lot-et-Garonne.

28 departments south orange alert

Trend linked to climate change

After a first summer heat wave from June 19 to July 4. this episode constitutes the fifty and first upper heat wave recorded in France since 1947, according to its surveys. Météo-France has also alerted a danger ” pupil “ Forest fires 28 departments south orange alert 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. To anticipate “Potential air conditioning breakdowns”the SNCF removed three round trips on old trains until Monday on the Bordeaux-Marseille. line.

This episode of heat also coincides with a weekend of hunting-crossed between motorists on the holiday route, with traffic announced as “Difficult on all or part of the territory, from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 August” “. The most busy day of the weekend will be Saturday 9. classified orange at the national level in both directions and noted “Very difficult in the direction of departures in the Grand West, the North and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, as well as in the Southwest in the direction of returns”smart bison alert.

“We note an acceleration of the occurrence of heat waves over time. This trend is well linked to climate change. which has a strong impact on temperatures in France ”underlined to the agency France-Presse Lauriane Baté, climatologist in Météo-France.

July 2025 was 28 departments south orange alert the third warmest month of July ever recorded on the planet with an average temperature upper 1.25 ° C to that of this same month in a pre-industrial era (1850-1900), announced on Thursday, the European Observatory Copernicus.