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France set for another scorcher as temperatures rise again

The mercury is rising across most of France on Tuesday while the west gets set for violent storms.

France set for another scorcher as temperatures rise again
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Scorching temperatures will hit most of France once again with Tuesday expected to be another scorcher in a summer that has been full of scorching days so far.
 
And while the mercury rises across most of the country, three departments in the north west of France have been placed on orange alert for violent storms.
 
But across most of the country people will be baking under the sun and dealing with roasting temperatures.
 
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Weather predictions for Tuesday afternoon. Image: Meteo France 

In Paris, central France and parts of the south west, temperatures are expected to soar to highs of a whopping 37C, while in other parts of the south west and the Pyrenees, temperatures will be the highest in the country, at 38C. 
 
And even northern France won't be escape the sweltering temperatures with the Pas-de-Calais region predicted to reach up to 31C. 

 
Image: Meteo France
 
At 6am Tuesday morning, the Côtes-d'Armor, l'Ille-et-Vilaine et la Manche, were placed on orange alert – the second highest warning level the agency issues and urges the public to be “very vigilant” – with the warning expected to be in place until 6am on Wednesday. 
 
 
 
 
 

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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.

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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