14 departments are affected by a yellow level risk. This is the second level on a scale of 4, ranging from green to red to yellow and orange.
The areas with a moderate risk of fire are all in the northern part of the France. Since mid-May, this is the part of France that suffers a significant deficit, or even an absence of rain. Since, in addition, the temperatures rise and some days the wind blows quite strong, the soils suffer from a surface drought.