Eleven orange vigilance departments from August 8

After that of the end of June-early July, a new heat wave begins on Thursday, August 7, in the south of the country with temperatures above 35 ° C. The phenomenon is doomed to intensify according to Météo-France which has placed eleven orange vigilance departments “Heat wave” For Friday.

Sixteen departments, from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Aveyron in the South West, and from Drôme to Ain in the center-east, are on yellow vigilance from Thursday, with a mercury expected up to 37 ° C in Toulouse or 36 ° C in Agen or Mont-de-Marsan.

Anticipating “Potential air conditioning breakdowns”three round trips aboard aging trains were removed from Thursday to Monday on the Bordeaux-Marseille lines, the SNCF announced. A similar measure should take place this weekend on the Paris-Limoges-Toulouse line.

The “Old design” of some coral cars “Does not ensure the same robustness as that of more recent trains under certain weather conditions”according to the SNCF, which proposed “From the start of the week” A refund or a change of schedules to the travelers concerned.

Heat over several days

This second heat wave, after that sufficient from June 19 to July 4 throughout the country, should “Access and extend the following days”according to the latest Météo-France forecasting bulletin.

For Friday day, from noon, eleven departments (Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot, Aveyron, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Rhône and Ain) were placed in orange alert for heat wave and 29 departments of the South West and Center-Est in yellow vigilance. In the afternoon, temperatures ranging from 35 ° C to 39 ° C and up to 40 ° C are expected in the southwest quarter of the country, and 35 ° C to 37 ° C in the center-east.

“The scorching episode is expected to continue on Sunday and Monday over a large southern half, with possible temperatures at more than 40 ° C in Bordeaux, before a drop in temperatures on Tuesday”specifies at the Agency France-Presse (AFP) Laurent Perron, interregional director of the Meteorological Institute for the South West.

Orange vigilance may be “Gradually extended in the next publications according to temperature development,” According to the bulletin published Thursday morning. Orange heatwave alertness means particular vigilance, especially for “Sensitive or exposed people”warns the site.

On a world level, despite a respite in the Record series, July 2025 ranked third in the hottest July ever measured on Earth, marked by a climate change still at work, the European Observatory Copernicus announced on Thursday.