The heat wave moves away from part of France, but these cities will still exceed 40 ° C degrees

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The heat wave continues on a large part of France on Saturday

The heat wave continues on Saturday on a large part of the country, 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. For example, Intense heat peak is expected in Aude and Hérault, according to the forecasts of Météo-France. Consequently, 42 ° C. Furthermore, The city calls for its inhabitants. Therefore. Therefore, if necessary, to “go to fresh places”: age clubs, swimming pools, heritage places, museums, media libraries or even administrative buildings. Moreover, It is the second scorching episode since the beginning of summer. Nevertheless. Consequently, heat wave moves away part new the 51st in France since 1947, these phenomena being made heat wave moves away part more frequent and more intense by climate change. Nevertheless, ” A resident of downtown Montpellier. Consequently. Therefore, opens the windows of her apartment, under the roofs, “very early in the morning, between 5 am and 7 am”, explains the 80-year-old retiree. Similarly, “I think I would buy an air conditioning at the start of the school year, for the next summer. For example, My two daughters insist because they are a little worried about knowing me in high heat. Furthermore, In my apartment, the temperature during the day, she confides.- “bucket of ice cubes”-in Nîmes. Similarly, Annie Hugot, a 78-year-old retired, does not wish for air conditioning, for economic and ecological reasons. Nevertheless, “We place a bucket of ice cubes under the fans. It does the trick!” She smiles. The scorching episode in the Bouches-du-Rhône heat wave moves away part new is accompanied by air pollution with ozone. forcing the maintenance of differentiated traffic in Marseille. The heat wave moves away part risk of fires will also be high in the coming days in the south. the center-west due to drought. winds, particularly in Aude, the Vaucluse and the Drôme which will pass in red vigilance for the danger fires, announced Météo-France. In Aude. 330 firefighters are always mobilized on the exceptional fire which has traveled 16,000 hectares and Topped accentuated by the hot weather. The prefecture of Vaucluse prohibited access on Saturday from access to a dozen mountain ranges while the Pic Saint-Loup. located about twenty kilometers from Montpellier, popular with tourists, is inaccessible. Thunderstorms on Saturday.- Belared Iberian Peninsula -The heat wave will last until the end of the day before regressing north. West Sunday and especially Monday. New thunderstorms. early next week. should lower temperatures according to Météo heat wave moves away part new France and put an end to this long scorching episode. Forecastists expect an end of orange vigilance on Saturday evening heat wave moves away part for all the departments. of Auvergne. Limousin, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Center-Val-de-Loire, as well as for Loire, Ain, Lozère, Aveyron and Deux-Sèvres and Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. Samedi at 6:00 am. 12 departments, mainly northeast, have already been 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, heat wave moves away part new 2025 included. More than all the second half of the 20th century (235). Surllité studies show that heat kills more than hurricanes. floods or any heat wave moves away part other extreme climate event. Prevention has improved since the heat wave of 2003 (15. 000 dead). fewer people are now dying from heat, but more than 5,000 people died in the summer of 2023, according to Public Health France. The heat wave also affects a large part of South Europe with Spain on the front line. which records its fourteenth consecutive day of heat wave on Saturday. Several cities will still experience temperature peaks that may 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 Monday included”. Spanish recorded three deaths in these fires. including two young volunteers thirties who have perished by heat wave moves away part new trying to turn off the flames in Castile-et-Leon ( Dozen. fires remain very active. In Portugal. the former mayor of Guarda (East) died on Friday. “victim of a fire heat wave moves away part he was fighting in his commune,” announced Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo.we-Hv-Bur/Sp