Five departments have been placed on orange alert by Météo France.
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Between 35 and 39 degrees during the day and sultry nights. A new episode of heat wave will affect the south-east of France from Monday August 1, before reaching the north on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ardèche, Drôme, Gard, Pyrénées-Orientales and Vaucluse have been placed under orange vigilance in the south of France. These departments should cross a “new heatwave episode whose intensity and duration will be less than those of the previous episode”said Météo-France on Sunday in a bulletin.
The episode of high heat should “to extend Tuesday and Wednesday to many regions”to the west and in the Rhone valley, provides Météo-France. The heat peak being expected on Wednesday across mainland France, “with highs often greater than or equal to 35°C and peaks at 39 or 40 degrees in the southwest”, according to Meteo France. This peak, however, should be “short in many departments”according to Steven Testelin, forecaster at Météo France, and cooler air could arrive Thursday from the northwest.
Météo France recommends watching over the elderly, people with chronic illnesses or mental health disorders, people who regularly take medication, and isolated people. “The provisions of the Orsec health management plan for heat waves are activated by the prefects according to local situations”Matignon said in a statement on Monday, adding that “Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will ensure regular monitoring of the situation”.