2023-07-10 08:39:14
Up to 40 degrees expected: seven departments in the south-eastern quarter of France are placed on heatwave orange vigilance, Monday July 10. Sunday evening, Météo France added the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and the Var, after placing the departments of Rhône, Ain, Isère, Loire and Alpes-Maritimes on alert.
Orange vigilance has been extended due to a “non-exceptional heatwave episode for the season, but the persistence of which requires particular vigilance, especially for sensitive or exposed people”according to Météo-France.
“Between 38°C and 40°C in the Var interior”
Temperatures were still rising on Sunday, especially in the east of the country. The Center-East and South-East regions are the most affected. “This Sunday, the maximum temperatures are between 34 ° C and 37 ° C, even a little more punctually on the departments in orange. On Monday, the highs will be up on [la région] Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur with 37°C to 40°C »continues the meteorological institute, which also placed twenty-five departments on Monday in yellow vigilance for a heat wave.
“The end of this episode [de canicule] is, of course, still uncertain, but the risk seems to be sustainable in the south-east of the country”he adds. ” In the afternoon [lundi]the maximums » will reach “between 38°C and 40°C in the Var interior”announces in a press release the prefecture of Var. “They are lower on the coast, between 31 and 35 degrees”and will decrease “the next day, limiting itself to around 36 degrees in the interior” of the department, she continues.
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