Heat vs cold
Today, in Europe, cold kills more than heat. But studies show that this trend will no longer be true at the end of the century due to global warming. Maïwenn Furic explains to you just below.
“Hello sir, it’s the town hall of Bordeaux, I call you as part of the level 4 heat wave plan …”
In Bordeaux, some 50 municipal agents, associative volunteers and volunteers of the city ensure telephone watch with people over 70 years considered to be fragile during this period. Our journalist, Mickaël Bosredon, had the opportunity to spend a few hours there.
Why are the heat and ozone pollution peaks?
Our journalist Mathilde Durand answers this question.
Heat causes ozone pollution in Ile-de-France
In Ile-de-France, the Air Airparif observatory announces an episode of ozone pollution which could be extended until Thursday, accentuating the health risks linked to pollution.
MONDO DUPLANTIS VS Thermometer
The thermometer, new opponent of Mondo Duplantis? While the perchist has just established a new world record Tuesday with a jump to 6.29 m, Mercury aligns heat records. Temperatures equal to or greater than 40 ° C have been recorded more than 1,800 times in the last ten years in France against less than 40 times in the 1990s, according to the weather in the weather analyzed by AFP.
Thunderstorms in the evening
Punctually strong thunderstorms are expected from the middle of the afternoon and until the end of the southwest evening in the center of the country, as well as on the southern Alps.
Elsewhere in Europe it is very hot
The heat is not only suffocating France. Red heat wave alerts have also been triggered in Italy, Portugal, Balkans or Spain, where several dozen fires are active, one of which left one dead. Thousands of people also had to be evacuated.
Red vigilance maintained until Thursday in 4 departments of the center-east and Aude
According to the latest Météo-France bulletin, red heat wave will remain in force until Thursday in four departments of the center-east and Aude.
“This Wednesday we are waiting for a relative refreshment over the western half, following the passage of a few thunderstorms, with maximums again becoming less than 35 degrees. The very strong heat are maintained in the east with 36 to 39 ° C, locally 40 to 42 ° C on the center-east, where red vigilance is maintained until Thursday morning 06 hours, ”indicates the forecasting institute.
Temperatures go up to the northeast
If the temperatures mark “a little the step” this Wednesday in the south, they will be “slightly increase” in the northeast, with peaks at 40 ° C planned in Burgundy. In Paris, he will still be around 35-36 ° C, after an already hot Tuesday.
The heat remains intense on the center-east
The maximum vigilance remains on Wednesday for the Aude and four departments of the Rhône Valley overwhelmed by an intense heat wave which fade on the Atlantic facade but now progresses towards the northeast.
In the southwest, the heat wave swallowing from red to orange for nine departments, where temperatures will still remain “very hot”, according to Météo-France.
Welcome to this new live
Hello everyone. While the strike has undergone a scorching episode since August 8, the editorial staff of 20 Minutes Mobilized to give you all the information on this second important heat wave of summer. And according to Météo-France, the thermometer will not immediately find its usual level. The heat should indeed continue at the end of the week with “a new scorching peak expected for the weekend of August 15”.
