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Twelve departments of the South-West, from Aude to Charente-Maritime, were placed on Monday 11 August in red vigilance by Météo France. The thermometer will then simmer in the regions of the North, which will not be spared.
Temperatures above 40 °C are expected this Monday in the southwest. The high heats could then last about ten days in the south.
Le Cher, l'Indre and l'Indre-et-Loire are classified in orange vigilance this Monday August in front of a new heat wave. Temperatures will exceed 30°C throughout France, and even 40°C in the southwest.
France with 42 departments on heat wave alert
Paris, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The agency Meteo France has set orange alert, the second highest level, to 42 departments hit by a heat wave that impacts the south of the country, where temperatures will exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
The heat wave in progress since Friday, the second of the summer to touch France, extends this Sunday to almost the whole southern half of the country, with 42 departments placed in heatwave orange vigilance and 12 departments in red vigilance by Météo-France, and 46 from Monday.
France is moaning under a massive heat wave: the French weather service Météo-France warned on Monday of "extraordinary" heat in the south-east of the country, where the highest level of heat was observed in twelve départements. During the day, temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius were expected in many places.On Sunday, the thermometers had climbed to more than 40 degrees in several locations in the south-west of France. In the départeme…
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