Seven southern departments placed on orange heat alert for Sunday

Météo-France announced on Saturday that seven departments in southern France will be placed on orange heatwave vigilance on Sunday, July 5, with temperatures expected to reach up to 40 °C.

The departments concerned are Ardèche, Aude, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales and Vaucluse. Hérault and Pyrénées-Orientales are already on orange vigilance on Saturday.

Temperatures are forecast between 35 and 37 °C, with peaks up to 40 °C. Sunshine will cover most of the country except near the Channel coasts and Belgium.

Météo-France also reported a very high risk of forest fires in six southern departments due to sometimes strong winds in Mediterranean regions.

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Photorealistic depiction of France's heatwave with red alerts and extreme heat indicators.
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The heatwave persists in northeastern France with 24 departments remaining on red alert Sunday. Temperature records were broken across Europe.

Météo France and La Chaîne Météo placed 29 departments including Paris on orange heat alert Wednesday until June 22, with temperatures possibly reaching 40°C.

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Eight departments in western France have been placed on orange heat alert for Tuesday as part of an unprecedentedly early heatwave.

The State Meteorological Agency has activated a special warning for the second heat wave of the summer, due to begin on Sunday 5 July and mainly affecting the southwest of the peninsula and other areas.

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A heatwave with record temperatures is ongoing across much of Europe. In Sweden, temperatures up to 30–35 degrees are expected over the weekend.

Several wildfires affected southern France on Thursday, particularly in the Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales. Nearly 3000 people were evacuated in Canet-en-Roussillon.

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Record-breaking temperatures across Europe over the past week have tested long-standing heat resilience measures, particularly in France. Dozens of deaths have been reported amid the continent's second heat wave in two months.

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