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The heat wave continues on Saturday on a large part of the country. Meanwhile, to the South Brittany, with 54 departments placed in orange vigilance by Météo-France, on the ninth day of a heat wave which also affects the Iberian Peninsula.
The intense heat peak is expected in Aude and Hérault, according to the forecasts of Météo-France.
In Montpellier, the thermometer should display a maximum of 42 ° C on Saturday afternoon.
The city calls for its inhabitants. However, if necessary, to “go to fresh places”: age clubs, swimming pools, heritage places, museums, media libraries or administrative buildings.
This is the second scorching episode since the beginning of summer. Nevertheless, the 51st in France since 1947, these phenomena being made more frequent and more intense by climate change.
“To bring in a little freshness”. In addition, Marie Couture, resident of downtown Montpellier, opens the windows of her apartment, heat wave continues large part new under the roofs, “very early in the morning, between 5 am and 7 am”, explains the 80-year-old retiree.
“I think I buy an air conditioning at the start of the school year, in view of the next summer. Furthermore, My two daughters insist because they are a little worried about knowing that I was exposed to hot weather. Moreover, In my apartment, the temperature during the day does not sometimes descend under 30 degrees,” she says.
– “ice bucket” –
In Nîmes. Meanwhile, Annie Hugot, a 78 -year -old retired, does not want air conditioning, for economic and ecological reasons. Furthermore, “We place a bucket of ice cubes under the fans. It does the trick!”, She smiles.
The scorching episode in the Bouches-du-Rhône is accompanied by ozone air pollution. forcing the maintenance of differentiated traffic in Marseille.
The risk of fire will also be high in the coming days in the south. the center-west due heat wave continues large part new to drought and winds, particularly in Aude, the Vaucluse and the Drôme who will go into red vigilance for the danger of fires, announced Météo-France.
In the Aude. 330 firefighters are still mobilized on the exceptional fire which has traveled 16,000 hectares and which is still not extinguished with a risk of recovery accentuated by strong heat.
The Vaucluse prefecture prohibited access to a dozen mountain ranges on Saturday while the Pic Saint-Loup. located about twenty kilometers from Montpellier, prized by tourists, is inaccessible.
Météo-France also placed three departments of the fringe is from France as well as Corsica-du-Sud in yellow vigilance for thunderstorms. on Saturday.
– Beaded Iberian Peninsula –
The heat wave will last until the end of the day before regressing from the North. the West on Sunday and especially Monday. New thunderstorms. early next week, should lower temperatures according to Météo France and put an end to this long scorching episode.
The heat wave continues large part new forecasters expect an end of orange vigilance on Saturday evening for all the departments of Auvergne. Limousin, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Center-Val-de-Loire, as well as for Loire, Ain, Lozère, Aveyron, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne.
Saturday at 6:00 am, 12 departments, mainly northeast, were already replaced in yellow vigilance, said Météo-France in its latest bulletin. The Institute anticipates a wider decline on Sunday, especially in the center, with 18 additional downgraded departments.
The heat wave started on August 8 in France. First confined to the south. with particularly high temperatures on the Mediterranean South, it reached an exceptional level between Monday and Wednesday in the southwest to the center-east, where many records were broken.
In France, 266 weather stations recorded at least once a temperature of 40 ° C or more between August 9 and 12, 2025 included. More than all the second half of the 20th century (235).
Surllité studies show that heat kills more than hurricanes, floods heat wave continues large part new or any other extreme climate event. Prevention has improved since the heat wave of 2003 (15. 000 dead) and fewer people are now dying from heat, but more than 5,000 people died in the summer of 2023, according to Public Santé France.
The heat wave also affects a large part of southern Europe with on the front line Spain. which records its fourteenth consecutive heat wave on Saturday.
Several cities will still experience peaks in temperatures that can exceed 40 degrees. said the National Meteorological Agency AEMET, warning against the risk of fires “very high or extreme in most of the country (…) until inclusive Monday”.
Spain has recorded three deaths in these fires. including two young volunteers who have perished while trying to extinguish the flames in Castile-et-Leon (northwest) where a dozen lights remain very active.
In Portugal. the former mayor of Guarda (east) died on Friday, “a victim of a fire he heat wave continues large part new was fighting in his commune,” said Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo.
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