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Paris and parts of northern France on ‘red’ weather warning as country sizzles

Nine French départements, including Paris and the surrounding region, have been placed on the highest level of weather warning as the heatwave continues.

Published: 7 August 2020 16:13 CEST
Paris and parts of northern France on 'red' weather warning as country sizzles
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French weather forecaster Météo France on Friday upgraded the orange weather warning to red for northern parts of the country as temperatures reached 37C. The red warning means a potential danger to life or health.

Placed on a red warning were Paris and the départements of Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d'Oise, Val-de-Marne and Yvelines.

The départements of Eure and Seine-Maritime in Normandy were also put on red alert.

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Another 53 départements remain on orange alert for the heatwave, which is forecast to last well into next week.

Highs of 42C are forecast in some areas while on Friday afternoon the majority of the country was 35C or hotter, said Météo France.

At 3.30pm on Friday temperatures of above 38C were recorded across southern France and Val-de-Loire, including 40.2C at Bretenoux in the Lot département and 40.4C in Barbezieux in Charente.

Cities including Paris have activated their hot weather plans which involve the opening of 'cool rooms' in the city and the free distribution of fans to vulnerable people.

However health minister Olivier Véran has warned that people in France need to continue to wear masks, despite the heat.

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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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