2023-08-17 12:26:23
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has decided, in the face of the heat wave which is raging in part of France, to activate an interministerial crisis unit which will be held this Thursday at 5 p.m., Matignon told AFP.
France might experience its most intense heat episode of the summer in the coming days and one of the latest ever recorded, according to Météo-France. Thursday morning, seven departments (Loire, Haute-Loire, Ain, Isère, Rhône, Savoie and Haute-Savoie) were on heatwave orange vigilance.
30 more deaths in the region during the second heat wave of July
There were at least 30 more deaths than normal in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region during the second summer heat wave from July 17 to 26, according to initial estimates from the public health agency. published this Thursday, which remain to be consolidated.
In the region, 38°C are notably expected in the Vaucluse this Friday. On Sunday, the thermometer might display 40 in the Vaucluse lands, but also around Aix-en-Provence and Manosque.
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