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Heat wave: 14 departments now on red alert, 56 in orange including those of Île-de-France

2022-06-17T15:23:07.658Z


In total, three-quarters of the population (45 million people) are thus affected by this heatwave alert. Temperatures devr


France is taking on a little more color.

Météo France placed two new departments on heatwave red vigilance this Friday, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées, bringing the total of departments on maximum alert to 14.

56 departments are on orange alert in the face of the “exceptionally” precocious heat wave which is affecting France this week, i.e. 31 more.

In total, therefore, around three-quarters of the population (45 million people) are affected by this orange and red heat wave alert.

Among the temperatures above 40°C, Météo France recorded 41.6°C in Villevieille (Gard), 41.4°C in Prades (Hérault), 40.6°C in Lézignan (Aude), 40.5°C in Saint-Jean-du-Gard (Gard).

These very high temperatures should reach their "climax" on Saturday, with values ​​around 40°C also in Île-de-France, but the vigilance map should not change, forecasters from Météo France said during a conference. online to present this new vigilance card.

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Temperatures should drop from Sunday, with cooler air arriving from the west, and Monday the whole of France should drop below 35°C, they said.

With also 19 departments in yellow vigilance (be careful), only five departments in the Paca region and the two departments of Corsica remain in green, while temperatures reached or exceeded 40°C on Friday, particularly in Occitania.

🔴 14 dpts in #vigilanceRouge


🔶 56 dpts in #vigilanceOrange



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— VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) June 17, 2022

The 14 departments classified red are: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Deux-Sèvres , Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Vendée and Vienne.

The 56 classified orange are: Allier, Ardèche, Ardennes, Ariège, Aube, Aude, Aveyron, Cantal, Cher, Corrèze, Côte-d'Or, Creuse, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Eure-et-Loir, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Loir-et -Cher, Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Lot, Maine-et-Loire, Marne, Haute-Marne, Mayenne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Morbihan, Moselle, Nièvre, Orne, Puy-de-Dôme, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Sarthe, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Haute-Vienne, Vosges, Yonne, Territoire de Belfort, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de- Marne and Val-d'Oise.

Source: leparis

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