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Public warned as eastern and southern France placed on heatwave alert

Much of eastern and southern France were placed on heatwave alert on Wednesday afternoon, with the public warned to take precautions in the scorching temperatures.

Published: 1 August 2018 16:48 CEST
Public warned as eastern and southern France placed on heatwave alert

The national weather agency Météo France extended the heatwave alerts from 19 to 34 departments on Wednesday as the mercury continued to rise in France.

The hot weather warnings were in place in most of eastern France as well as the departments on the south coast and parts of south west France (see map below).

Météo France is predicting an “extended and strong” heatwave that will last into the weekend and the beginning of next week.

French Heath Minister Agnes Buzyn announced that “heatwave plan” will be implemented in the 34 departments on alert, which means steps will be taken to alert the most vulnerable to the dangers of the hot weather.

In general Météo France advises people to stay cool and avoid exercising in the heat. Plus the public should drink water regularly even when not thirsty.

Temperatures are expected to remain in the high 30s throughout the week and could possibly hit the 40C mark in parts of the east and south.

 

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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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