2023-07-10 04:11:00
The Rhône, Ain, Isère, Alpes-Maritimes, but also the Loire, the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Var are on heat wave orange vigilance this Monday.
By IM with AFP Seven departments are on heatwave orange vigilance on Monday July 10. © Fabien Cottereau / MAXPPP / PHOTOPQR/SUD OUEST/MAXPPP Published on 07/10/2023 at 04:11
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Météo-France has placed two new departments in the south-east of France, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Var, on heatwave orange vigilance for Monday July 10. They are added to the departments of Rhône, Ain, Isère and Alpes-Maritimes, already placed in orange vigilance for heat waves for Sunday, to which the meteorological institute has also added the Loire in its bulletin of 16 hours.
Orange vigilance has been extended until Monday for these five departments, due to a “non-exceptional heatwave episode for the season, but the persistence of which requires special vigilance, especially for sensitive or exposed people”, according to Météo- France. Temperatures will rise again this Sunday, especially in the east of the country. The Center East and South East regions will be the most affected.
Maximums between 38 and 40 degrees
“This Sunday, the maximum temperatures are between 34 to 37 degrees, or even a little more punctually in the departments in orange. On Monday, the maximum will be up in (the region) Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur with 37 to 40 degrees, ”continues the meteorological institute, which also placed 25 departments on yellow vigilance on Monday for a heat wave. “The end of this episode (of heat wave) is of course still uncertain, but the risk seems to be lasting in the south-east of the country”, he adds.
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“In the afternoon (Monday), the maximum” will reach “between 38 and 40 degrees in the Var interior”, indicates in a press release the prefecture of Var. “They are lower on the coast, between 31 and 35 degrees”, and will drop “the next day, being limited to around 36 degrees in the interior” of the department, she continues.
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