Heat wave: 38 departments placed in orange vigilance by Météo France – France Bleu

The heat wave is spreading. There are now 38 departments in the West and South which are placed on heat wave orange vigilance by Météo France, according to the 4 p.m. bulletin this Saturday. Around 3 p.m. this Saturday afternoon, Météo France notes “often more than 35°C from the South-West to the Durance valley”. The thermometer “punctually displays 39°C” in the Landes and the Gard. 38 departments are in orange, 54 in heatwave yellow vigilance. – Météo France screenshot On Sunday, temperatures will continue to rise, “especially in the South-West where values ​​around 40°C will often be reached.” The North-West will also be affected by strong heat. “The Breton departments will thus often experience 34/35°C or more”, indicates Météo France. The heat wave peak is expected on Monday for the western side of the country, sometimes having more than 40°C. “The strong heat will gain towards the eastern flank of the country”. Temperatures will begin to drop on the Atlantic coast on Tuesday, but the “high heat will persist over the eastern half of France”. To view this Twitter content, you must accept Social Network cookies. These cookies allow you to share or react directly on the social networks to which you are connected or to integrate content originally posted on these social networks. They also allow social networks to use your visits to our sites and applications for the purposes of personalization and advertising targeting. I authorize Manage my choices to also read Heat wave: Monday could “be one of the hottest days ever recorded in France”