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Météo-France warns, Tuesday July 30, on “risk of heavy rain storms” in the evening and at night “from the Center to the Ile-de-France”. The institute has placed 12 departments on orange alert. The police prefect “calls on residents of the Paris region to exercise the utmost caution” as depression approaches. “VSIt was mainly the departments furthest west of the orange alert zone that were affected by strong storms,” has precise Météo-France. This orange alert will end at midnight as initially planned.
Twelve departments on orange alert for storms. These are Cher, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Eure-et-Loir, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Val-d’Oise, Val-de-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris. Several areas hosting the Olympic Games events are thus concerned.
A very hot day. The heat wave persisted Tuesday across France and reached the Paris region, where the temperature weighed on the athletes and spectators of the Olympic Games. In its bulletin, Météo-France placed 45 departments in a large southern half of the country on orange heatwave alert. No less than 39.1 degrees were recorded in Orange, 39.1 in Toulouse Francazal, 38.2 in Lyon, and 36.1 in Paris-Montsouris.
The heatwave will continue on Wednesday. Temperatures will begin to drop by a few degrees. However, 47 departments will be placed on orange heatwave alert, with Var and Hérault joining the list. At this stage, no department is placed on orange alert for thunderstorms on Wednesday.
Possible consequences for the Games. Following the prefectural instructions, several cities in Seine-Saint-Denis have announced the closure of their fan zones from 6 p.m. The Olympic cauldron located in the heart of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris and stormed by visitors will also not take off on Tuesday evening, “due to adverse weather conditions”we can read on the website dedicated to him.