France Puts 72 Departments on Red Alert as Heatwave Shows No Signs of Easing
France placed 72 of 96 departments on red alert as temperatures topped 44 degrees Celsius across Europe, with schools closing and hospitals seeing more emergencies.
- Europe is enduring its second extreme heatwave in two months, with temperatures topping 44 degrees Celsius and six countries facing the most severe red alert level; France has placed 72 of its 96 departments under red alert.
- Heating at roughly twice the global average, Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, as scientists have warned for decades that human-made climate change would make extreme heat more frequent and severe.
- According to the World Health Organisation, extreme heat kills over 175,000 Europeans annually, with Spain recording 101 heat-related deaths in May alone; power grids are buckling and hospitals report surges in heat-related emergencies.
- Despite killing more Europeans than any other climate hazard, extreme heat has not received the same urgency as storms or floods; Paris has pledged 170,000 trees in public spaces while Marseille is depaving plazas and mapping shaded walking routes.
- At COP30, the United Nations office for Disaster Risk Reduction launched an Extreme Heat Risk Governance Framework formally recognising extreme heat as one of the most deadly and least managed climate threats; projections expect the next five years to shatter records.
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bienpublic.comThe historic heat wave that has hit France for more than a week has reached its peak this Thursday: 72 departments in red vigilance, that is three quarters of the population. Thunderstorms are announced to the west. Follow our direct.
Record heat wave covers Europe
In dozens of regions of France, the temperature has exceeded 40 degrees, a red weather hazard level has been declared for more than 50 million people. The National Meteorological Service of France has introduced the maximum warning level in 72 departments of the country.
On Thursday evening and Friday, 61 departments will remain in red alert and 25 in orange alert, according to Météo-France.
The French authorities today issued warnings of severe storms and expanded the red heat alert to 72 of the 100 departments, one day after France arrived at 30°C, the highest average temperature in its history. The new red alert, which will come into effect at 12:00, extends to another 14 departments in the east and north-east of the country. At the same time, 11 departments in the west and south-west of the country will reduce the level of red t…
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