a sweltering night is brewing in the big cities

The night of Monday, July 18 promises to be particularly difficult to bear in certain cities, such as Paris, where the journalist Paul-Luc Monnier is. “Today, in Paris, it was more than 38 degrees at 18 hours. Consequence: few tourists around the Eiffel Tower, even if it is starting to fill up“, he says. The early evening is already suffocating and the night promises to be just as stifling, with temperatures above the 27 degree mark.

“The capital is launching its heat wave plan. Several parks and gardens will remain open until midnight“, he continues. The same will be true in some schoolyards, which will not close until 10 p.m. The situation should not improve on Tuesday, in Paris, where it is expected to be 41, even 42° C. It will also be 40 in Auxerre, 39 in Metz.”In fact, the heat wave crosses the country and heads east“, summarizes Paul-Luc Monnier.