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Heatwave warnings extended across France as temperatures edge higher

France's weather agency has extended the heatwave alerts as temperatures continue to rise across the country.

Published: 25 July 2018 17:23 CEST
Heatwave warnings extended across France as temperatures edge higher
Photo: AFP

Nine more departments were placed on orange alert — the second highest warning — by France's national weather agency Meteo France on Wednesday afternoon,

The departments concerned are in the north of the country, in the central-eastern areas and south east. 

The new alerts brought the toal number of departments with heatwave warnings in place to 18.  

The nine new departments on alert are Aisne, Ardèche, Côte-d'Or, Drôme, Marne, Pas-de-Calais, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire and Somme.

Nine departments in the greater Paris region of Ile-de-France and the north have been on orange alert for heatwaves since Tuesday.
 
The departments affected were all those in the greater Paris region which are Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines as well as the Nord department in the north of the country.
 
People in all areas on alert are advised to remain vigilant due to the risk of dangerous weather. 
 
Météo France had warned that temperatures would rise throughout the week, with a peak of 34C and 37C expected on Friday before the mercury briefly dips this weekend. 
 
As a result of the heatwave warnings the public are advised to spend at least three hours per day in a cool area (if you can find one) drink water regularly even when you are not thirsty and avoid going outside when the sun is at its hottest.
 
Here are some tips on how to beat the heat. 
 
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Heatwave: Paris and northern France on alert as temperatures rise

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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