The heat episode continues on a small south-east quarter of the country with ten departments still on orange heat wave this Saturday, July 5, said Météo-France, which downgraded the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var in yellow.
The departments in orange this Saturday are Ardèche, Aude, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales, Vaucluse, as well as the two departments of Corsica.
After the lifting of orange vigilance in Ardèche and Drôme on Saturday at 10 p.m., only eight departments will remain concerned on Sunday, according to meteorological service forecasts in its 6 -hour bulletin.
“Saturday afternoon, it is still expected 36 ° C at 38 ° C on the departments maintained in orange alert, where the following night will still remain very hot, before a significant drop in temperatures on Sunday afternoon, winning Corsica on Monday”, Specific Météo-France.
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“Thus, most of the departments will leave orange vigilance on Sunday morning, except Corsica, which will not be released until Monday morning, after a day of Sunday and a night from Sunday to Monday still very hot”, he adds.
Most of France knew on Wednesday and Thursday the last days of an episode of heat wave that will remain in the annals by its precocity, duration and temperature records.
