A wave of “very strong heat” ranging from the southwest to the center of France begins, announces Météo-France

In its bulletin published Thursday, August 7 at dawn, Météo-France announces the passage for Friday at noon of five departments in orange “heat wave”. Therefore, These are Hautes-Pyrénées. For example, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Rhône, while twenty-nine departments of the Southwest and Center-East region will be on yellow vigilance according to the meteorological site.

For Thursday. However, where “Temperatures will display a generalized increase, beginnings of a scorching episode”, Sixteen departments are in yellow vigilance, in the southwest and the Lyon region. Orange vigilance “Will be gradually extended in the next publications according to temperature development”warns the organization.

Orange heatwave alertness means particular vigilance, especially for “Sensitive or exposed people” warns the site. Friday. in the afternoon, temperatures ranging from 35 ° C to 39 ° C and up to 40 ° C wave “very strong heat” ranging new are expected in the southwest quarter of the country, and 35 ° C to 37 ° C in the center-east. “The hot weather will tend to increase and extend the following days. They will continue at the start of next week, “ Specific Météo-France.

In mid-June, France experienced a heat wave “Early”followed by a “Intense scorching episode” which extended in early July. During this episode which affected 60 departments between June 19. July 6, 480 more deaths than normal were found in France, an increase of 5.5 %, announced on Wednesday July 23, public health France.

Around the world. wave “very strong heat” ranging new despite a respite in the Records series, July 2025 ranked third in the hottest months of July ever measured on Earth, marked by a climate change still at work, announced on Thursday the European Observatory Copernicus.