More than 100 emergency passes per day due to heat
The use of emergency care linked to heat has increased in France since the return of high temperatures in August, noted the Public Health Agency France, with already more than a hundred emergency passes every day.
If it is far too early to give an assessment of the effects of this heat wave in terms of death, Public Health France can already measure the use of emergency care for disturbances directly linked to heat: dehydration, hot stroke …
These do not only concern older people, the most vulnerable to heat wave. The increase is even the most marked for 15-44 year olds, “mainly for hyperthermia or heat stroke”, according to the agency.
Thunderstorms sometimes accompanied by hail circulate above the Alps
Thunderstorms are circulating at the end of the afternoon above the Alps, but also at the Massif Central and on the Corsican Relif, said Météo France.
In the Alps, these thunderstorms are locally accompanied by hail and gusts of wind.
Five departments maintained in a heat wave, 70 in orange
The departments of Aude, Isère, Rhône, Drôme and Ardèche are maintained in a heat wave. The Charente and the Vendée join the 68 other departments already on orange heat wave, bringing their total to 70.
Thunderstorms and strong precipitation in the Alps
Very rainy thunderstorms concern Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes. Between 80 and 100 mm of precipitation have been recorded, sometimes more than a month of rain depending on the localities.
The sectors concerned are those of Breil-sur-Roya, Peyroules, La Martre, Senez, Daluis, Guillaumes.
The Hautes-Alpes and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence officially in orange thunderstorms
The two departments of the Southern Alps, the Hautes-Alpes and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence have since noon in orange vigilance in the face of the risk of thunderstorms. Locally intense rains, accompanied by hail and gusts of wind up to 80km/h.
The two departments were already affected yesterday by very localized thunderstorms, especially in the Ubaye valley and around Gap.
At 4 p.m., ten other departments in the center of France and the old Midi-Pyrénées region will also be placed in orange vigilance.
The “heat wave info” green number always active
Activated on Monday morning by the Ministry of Health, the “Heatwiveler Info Service” green number and still active this Wednesday.
This issue, reachable for free in mainland France at 0800.06.66.66 From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., aims to answer the practical questions that the French can ask themselves in this heat period and recall the right gestures to adopt.
The Mediterranean Sea at 26 ° C, a “marine heat wave” announced on our coasts
The Mediterranean Sea still has a very high temperature today. Off Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) and Saint-Tropez (Var), water is 26 ° C depending on Météo-France. Off Corsica, the water temperature even reaches 27 ° C.
By next week, Copernicus forecasts announce an increase of 5.9 ° C from the Mediterranean Sea compared to seasonal normal. Water could thus reach 30 ° C, unheard of since the heat wave of 2003.
External activities canceled due to the hot weather
For children who do not have the chance to go on vacation, the municipality of Grenoble had implemented outdoor activities, such as a climbing wall or Bubble-Foot.
However, due to the heat wave, they are canceled “for security and health reasons”, explains the deputy mayor Margot Belair. They are replaced by exercises around water, or cultural and educational games in the shade.
The temperature has not dropped under 25 ° C for three days in Nice
In Nice, even at night, the heat is stifling. The last time the mercury went below the 25 ° C mark is August 10 at 12:30 am (24.8 ° C). The last three days, the thermometer posted at the fresher at night 26.5 ° C for August 11, 28.7 ° C for August 12 (a record) and 27.6 ° C depending on the provisional data of this night.
The last non-Tropical night in Nice, that is to say where the mercury went down under 20 ° C dates back to a month, on July 12.
Ozone pollution episodes in Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Due to persistent heat, air quality is bad in the Paris agglomeration and several departments of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
An episode of ozone pollution therefore takes place today in the Bouches-du-Rhône, the Var, the Vaucluse and throughout the Ile-de-France, forcing the prefectures to put in place recommendations to try to stem the phenomenon, such as the reduction in the speed of vehicles on the roads.
In the Hautes-Alpes, several regions particularly affected by thunderstorms
The prefect of Hautes-Alpes alerts to thunderstorms approaching in the department, accompanied by hail and strong winds. According to the prefecture, the areas most affected by locally strong storms are the Gapençais and the Buëch.
Very localized thunderstorms had already exploded around Gap this Tuesday.
In Grenoble, a “complicated night” in the heat
In Grenoble (Isère), the night was very hot: at midnight, Mercury still reached 28 ° C. “The night was complicated, it was necessary to adapt his sleep,” says Wladimir. “We suffer like everyone from heat.”
First on the Estacade market, it is used to short nights, but “there it was even shorter”. Faced with heat, many of its customers come earlier to the market to avoid temperatures that are already too high in the morning.
Under the heat wave, the firefighters mobilized on the fire of the exhausted aude
While the Aude is one of the five departments still in a heat wave, the firefighters mobilized to definitively extinguish the Aude fire tired after a week of struggle.
To hold in the heat, the fire soldiers benefit from refreshing armchairs, fans, misty and of course water bottles to avoid dehydration.
“It feels good to land,” says the firefighter Alexandre Verdale to BFMTV. “It allows you to calm the spirits and resume a little strength.”
They are still 500 firefighters to be deployed on fire, now controlled.
A still trying night expected from Wednesday to Thursday
Temperatures will struggle to descend in the departments most affected by the heat wave during the next night. “The minimums are still above 20 ° C at 21 ° C on large plains sectors, locally more in particular Lyonnais”, announces Météo-France.
New tropical nights are therefore planned in certain municipalities, especially in the Rhône valley.
Up to 35 ° C at 1,000 meters above sea level
Remarkable this Tuesday: it was very hot even in the heights. According to Météo-France, maximums between 34 ° C and 35 ° C were recorded at 1,000 meters above sea level in the mountains.
The phenomenon should be repeated this Wednesday, with temperatures of 31 to 35 ° C between 1,000 and 1,200 meters above sea level in mountain areas, especially on the Alps side.
Another tropical night in the Rhône and Isère
This Wednesday at 5 am, the temperatures remained above the 20 ° C threshold on the entire Saône-Rhône axis, on the North Isère, a sign of a hot and tropical night. Even constant at all altitudes below 600-700 meters.
In agglomerations and in the vicinity, temperatures are even higher. We record locally from 2 ° C to 3 ° C more.
New temperature records broken on Tuesday
Yesterday, the thermometer broke several temperature records, after an already exceptional Monday. Thus, 42.9 ° C was recorded in Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (Ardèche), broke a record old from 1950. Same temperature recorded in Aveyron in Saint-Côme-d’Olet.
For the first time, he made 37.2 ° C in the small village of Sauvages (Rhône) yet located 831 meters above sea level.
The details of the temperature records recorded on Tuesday can be found in our full article.
Some trains intercited still deleted
Several intercity trains will be deleted this Wednesday at the hottest moment of the day due to the heat. Four trains from the Paris-Clermont-Ferrand line will remain at Quai, six on the Marseille-Bordeaux line.
More information on the trains deleted in the coming days due to the heat wave in our full article.
Heat peaks up to 42 ° C still expected
If the mercury drops slightly in the south, it is up in the northeast, with peaks at 40 ° C planned in Burgundy in particular. In the center-east, Météo-France even provides maximums at 42 ° C.
Overall, temperatures between 36 ° C and 39 ° C are expected in the east of the country.
Up to 12 departments placed in orange storms alert
From noon, the Hautes-Alpes and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are placed in orange storms alert. At 4 p.m., there are ten other departments to this vigilance, in the center-east and the old Midi-Pyrénées region.
This concerns Loiret, Yonne, Cher, Nièvre, Allier, Lot, Aveyron, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute-Garonne.
Red vigilance extended to Thursday morning for the five departments concerned
Aude, Isère, Rhône, Drôme and Ardèche remain in a heat wave until Thursday 6 hours, said Météo-France in its latest bulletin.
A “high” risk of fire in the south, Auvergne and the Rhône valley
Météo-France warns that the risk of fire remains “high” in the departments around the Mediterranean Sea, but also for the Southwest, the Center and the Center-West. This risk “extends over Auvergne and the Rhône valley”, according to the forecasters.
To the west, “maximum temperatures will lose several degrees”, “scorching temperatures” in the east
What to expect today? Météo-France indicates that “maximum temperatures will lose several degrees in the west of the country” today.
“But they are still very hot in the South West,” note the forecasters, who warn that “scorching temperatures continue on a large part is”.
68 departments across the country in orange alertness
68 departments are on orange alert due to the hot weather, from Corsica to the Franco-Belgian border. Météo-France explains that temperatures “are slightly increasing in the northeast, with peaks at 40 ° C planned in Burgundy”.
Five departments in heat heat heat wave
Hello and welcome to this direct dedicated to heat wave. Météo-France maintains the Aude, Isère, Rhône, Drôme and Ardèche on a heat wave. This alert concerned 14 departments that night, but was lifted for nine of them.
