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The heat will be this weekend that the SNCF is already removing around twenty trips (illustration photo)
Weather – already consequences. The SNCF announced this weekend that it removed several journeys, notably between Paris and Clermont, to anticipate “Potential air conditioning breakdowns related to very high temperatures This Saturday 9, Sunday 10 August and Monday August 11.
The “Old design” of some coral cars “Does not ensure the same robustness as that of more recent trains under certain weather conditions”explains the railway company in a press release, evoking ” temporary alleviations ” Who “Target the mid-day trains taking into account on a case-by-case basis of temperature forecasts in the territories served by each of the lines. »»
Thus, three round trips are deleted between Bordeaux and Marseille until Monday, August 11 inclusive, three between Paris and Clermont and five between Paris and Limoges. The SNCF says it has offered a refund or change of schedules to the travelers concerned.
New swallowing heat wave
It must be said that France faces, from this Friday, a new wave of stifling summer heat. It will extend on Saturday with 28 departments in the south of France placed in orange alert “Heat wave”and up to 41 ° C expected locally.
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 half, the weather service said on Friday.
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 heat wave from June 19 to July 4, this episode is the 51st heat wave recorded in France since 1947, according to Météo-France.