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France on alert for roasting temperatures AND violent storms

While parts of central and eastern France have been warned about the heatwave, the north of the country is on alert for violent storms.

Published: 6 July 2017 17:32 CEST
France on alert for roasting temperatures AND violent storms
Photos: AFP
A huge swathe of central France was placed on heatwave alert on Thursday, the north of the country was due to be hit by violent storms, with a total of 16 departments in France on alert due to the extreme weather conditions. 
 
The eight departments of central France placed on alert for a heatwave are Ain, Allier, Isère, Jura, Loire, Puy de Dôme, Rhône and Saône-et-Loi. 
 
 
Map: Meteo France 
 
These departments join eight others in the north of the country, which have been on alert for the past 16 hours, although for a very different reason. 
 
Oise, Somme, Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Seine-Maritime, Nord and Pas de-Calais have been on orange alert for storms, the second highest level of warning, meaning that people should be vigilant. 
 
Seine-Maritime and Charente-Maritime have already been hit by stormy showers on Thursday morning. 
 
“Light storms have been circling the north of the country during the morning. After a lull around midday and at the beginning of the afternoon, the weather will become hotter and muggier” which leads to storms, Meteo France explained.  
 
Map: Meteo France 
 
In the areas of the country  on alert for storms, the national weather agency warned that wind speeds could reach 100km/h. 
 
The storm alerts are expected to be lifted on Thursday night or Friday morning. 
 
 

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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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