From tomorrow, and until Wednesday at least on Wednesday according to forecasts, mercury should exceed the 30 degrees during the day throughout the Jura, locked up like all of Switzerland in a heat dome from the Iberian peninsula.
Avoid physical activities in the middle of the day
Faced with the increased risks of heat wave (period during which temperatures do not descend below twenty degrees for several days), the Jura government wanted to recall this end of the afternoon this Friday the measures which can be taken to protect the population, and in particular the most vulnerable people. It is mainly a question of protecting yourself from heat by staying at home and avoiding physical outdoor activities, especially during the hottest hours of the day. It is also recalled to hydrate by drinking regularly, even without being thirsty. Closing windows and shutters during the day and ventilating overnight also keeps the freshness in your accommodation.
Solidarity and vigilance
The government also reports that the population can learn continuously on the site or meteosuisse application. If necessary, alerts will be broadcast via alertswiss. The state everyone calls to prepare while keeping the emergency numbers at hand, constituting water and food reserves, preparing a pharmacy kit. “Health protection, especially the most fragile, is an top priority,” said the canton in his press release. He each calls for solidarity and vigilance by paying attention to signs of dehydration and heat stroke (body temperature of more than 40 °, red, hot and dry skin or violent headache and vomiting), and alerting help in the event of discomfort.
It is easier to find shadow here than in Geneva
While this Friday the cantons of Neuchâtel, Geneva, Friborg, Vaud and Ticino announced the triggering of the heat wave alert, the Jura held on recommendations. “The canton does not have a tainting plan type device which provides, as in Geneva, the provision of fresh places such as swimming pools or cinemas for seniors”, recalls the communications officer of the canton Julien Hostettler. Our heat wave alert is recommendations for concrete measures to set up. “Unlike the major cities of the country, in the Jura it is easy to find a shadow or to go to the forest to find some costs.” The maximums announced in the Jura next week will be 32 or 33 degrees, details Julien Hostettler, in big cities it will be three or four more degrees. “
A heat wave plan in the future?
The fact remains that the Jura cantonal doctor does not exclude reflecting on the development of a heat wave plan in the years to come, since heat peaks are becoming more frequent over the years.
Note that since Friday, the danger of fire in the forest has in turn passed in the degree of danger marked in the Franches-Montagnes and the Bernese Jura.
