Extreme heat and thunderstorms.
Météo France placed 11 departments on orange alert this Friday morning.
Haute-Loire, Rhône, Loire, Ain, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Isère, Ardèche, Drôme, Gard, Vaucluse are concerned.
“The heat wave continues for several more days from the Rhône valley to the Mediterranean rim.
Stormy situation active in the Center-East on Friday afternoon and evening, ”says Météo France.
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If the heatwave episode is “of lesser intensity than the previous one”, it turns out to be “sustainable in the Rhône valley and around the Mediterranean”.
Storm activity could “generate violent phenomena requiring special monitoring”.
