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French heatwave alert extended to include 27 departments
The heat is expected to peak tomorrow, although temperatures of 37-8C have already been recorded today

National weather forecasting service Météo France has extended its orange heatwave alert to an additional 22 departments in southern, southeastern and northeastern France.
🔶 27 dpts en #vigilanceOrange
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The departments now under the heat warning are: Ain, Ardèche, Corrèze, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Drôme, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Isère, Jura, Loire, Haute-Loire, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Orientales, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Vaucluse and Territoire de Belfort.
A further 42 departments covering everywhere apart from northern and northwestern France are under yellow alerts for high temperatures.
At 15:00 today (August 2), it was 37-38C in Gard, around 35C in the Rhône valley and 33-34C around Toulouse.
The peak of the heat is expected to arrive tomorrow (August 3) and last into Thursday – with highs of 40C – although this heatwave is not predicted to last as long as previous hot spells this year.
You can find out more about the situation on the Météo France website.
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