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France is bracing for a new wave of suffocating summer heat, expected to hit 28 departments in the south of the country on Saturday. A code orange is in effect, and temperatures could locally reach 41 degrees Celsius. Italy will also be hit by a new heatwave in the coming days. Temperatures could reach 40 degrees Celsius or more in several cities. In Spain, the mercury will once again climb above 40 degrees Celsius in the coming days.
In many areas of France and Italy there is a heat warning. In the French Mediterranean and Greece there is a high risk of forest fire due to the drought.
France has just experienced a period of heat. Now the next wave is already taking place. Even the 40-degree mark could be exceeded in the south. And even in Italy extreme temperatures are expected - among other things in tourist strongholds.
Metropolitan France is confronted with a new heat wave, which began on August 8, 2025. 17 departments are placed in orange vigilance this Saturday from 12pm. Here is what to expect for this episode of canicule heat. A new heat wave started in France on Friday, August 8th.
France lives a new wave of heat with temperatures of up to 41ºC, risk of increased drought and new fires - Global Happenings
High temperature cycle will peak on Sunday (10) and early next useful week; Firefighters continue to struggle to extinguish a fire near Narbona, in the south of the country Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFPPeople rest under a umbrella on Lake Le Bourget beach in Le Bourget-Du-Lac, France’s center-east on August 8, 2025. A new suffocating summer heat wave began at noon, with 11 departments in southern France placed on “heat wave” alert before spreadin…
France lives, from this Saturday (8), its second temperature wave, with scheduled temperatures up to 41 C, which can warm the south of the country and cause new fires. “The very high temperatures must be intensified at the beginning of the next week” and remain at least until the second half of the week, said the weather service. The new temperature wave, which will have its peak on Sunday (10) and on the beginning of the next useful week, comes…
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