Warmtegolf: 42 Orange warning departments on Sunday; The heat will “go a notch in the south”, Alert Weerfrance

The current heat wave since Friday, the second of the summer to touch France, extends, Sunday, August 10, to almost the entire southern half of the country, with 42 departments placed in orange heat wave through Météo-France.

“Sunday, in the continuity of the previous days, the heat will still increase a notch in the south”Warned the National Forecast Service on Saturday in its latest Bulletin. The thermometer should climb “Often” up to 40 ° C, or even “exceed”In the Hérault, the VAR and the south of the departments of the Ardèche and the Drôme, the institute notes.

The hottest of the day, 42 ° C are also expected in Nimes and 40 ° C in Perpignan, with points at 38 ° C in Bordeaux and Toulouse in the afternoon.

From the Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the Jura, and from Charente-Maritime to the Alpes-Maritimes, 42 departments of the southern half of the country were classified as Oranje Heat wave, and five other in the middle, from Vendée to Côte-d’or, in Yellow Alert.

“Very high” risk of fires in Vaucluse

This episode, which requires “Special vigilance, especially for sensitive or exposed people”Underlines Météo-France, can still intensify at the start of the week.

Saturday 42.2 ° C was noted in Tiranges, in Haute-Loire and 39 ° C in Lyon, in a region where the mercury should be “Slightly” Lower Sunday according to the last forecast Bulletin.

After a first heat wave this year from June 19 to July 4, it is 51^one Recorded in France since 1947. According to Météo-France, which observes “An acceleration of the occurrence of heat waves” Coupled with climate change, the country has only known two summers without this kind of episode in the last sixteen years.

The Institute is in danger in parallel Vaucluse “Very high” For burning on Sunday. Ten departments in the Mediterranean periphery and the hinterland, and five others from the Middle-West, will be in danger “Student”.

Warmtegolf: 34 Orange Vigilance departments on Monday

In the Aude, the fire that traveled 16,000 hectares in the week, 13,000 of which were burned according to civil security, not “Controlled” For Sunday evening, due to weather conditions “Come closer to those of the start of the fire”The firefighters warned, with a dry and warm wind blows at 50 km/h on a heat wave.

From his side, the SNCF eliminated different round trips on the intercity lines of the Bordeaux-Marseille, Paris-Limoges-Toulouse and Paris-Clermont, for fear of fears “Potential demolition of air conditioning” On the oldest cars due to the rise in temperatures.

On Monday, on the fourth day of the second heat wave, 34 departments of the center and the southern half of the country will be on Orange Heat Wave, Météo-France said in his last bulletin.