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Heatwave: 15 departments in red vigilance, extended to the North

2020-08-08T14:43:26.989Z


Fifteen departments are now placed on heat wave red vigilance, which was extended on Saturday to 6 new departments in the north of the country, i.e. all of Hauts-de-France and Seine-et-Marne, because of a heat wave expected to last at least until Tuesday, Météo-France announces. Read also: The heat wave settles in France: 15 departments are in red vigilance, 49 in orange "The whole of Ile-de-Fra...


Fifteen departments are now placed on heat wave red vigilance, which was extended on Saturday to 6 new departments in the north of the country, i.e. all of Hauts-de-France and Seine-et-Marne, because of a heat wave expected to last at least until Tuesday, Météo-France announces.

Read also: The heat wave settles in France: 15 departments are in red vigilance, 49 in orange

"The whole of Ile-de-France is in red with Seine-et-Marne ", as well as " the five departments of Hauts-de-France " (Aisne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais and Somme), Olivier Proust, forecaster at Météo-France told AFP.

The red heat wave alert, which is only used for the third time (including two in the summer of 2019), already concerned since Friday Paris and the inner suburbs, Essonne, Val d'Oise, Yvelines, the 'Eure and Seine-Maritime, because of "the risk of excess mortality in the current health context linked to ozone and Covid pollution, as well as in connection with the sensitivity in highly urbanized areas", according to Météo- France.

Source: lefigaro

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