What Does the Heatwave Red Alert Mean?

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Follow all the news related to the heatwave, this Monday 30 June on ladepeche.fr.

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This state of alert declared Monday afternoon for sixteen departments is the highest level of the "national heat wave plan". It corresponds to both an exceptional weather event and a health alert justifying a "maximum mobility".

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Weather France has placed 16 departments in red vigilance for heatwave this Tuesday, and until Wednesday. This is the highest level of alert, level 4/4. What does this red heatwave vigilance mean? How is it activated? What consequences on your daily life? France Bleu is taking stock.

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Faced with an exceptional heatwave, sixteen departments have just been placed on maximum heatwave alert. This red alert triggers specific measures and calls for increased vigilance from the population to limit health risks.

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Météo-France has placed 16 departments on a red alert this Monday and 68 departments remain in orange. A heat wave of a canicule level affects almost the entire territory: Tuesday and the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the heat will be particularly stressful on the Paris basin, says the weather agency. "Tuesday will be the warmest day of this canicule episode with very high minimums, ranging between 20 and 24 °C and a little more locally and m…

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This Tuesday, July 1, may well be the warmest day of the week, and therefore the most difficult of the heat wave started in about 2 weeks in Indre-et-Loire. Méreo France announces values close to 40° or higher, placing the territory in red vigilance, which was also done for 15 other departments including our neighbours of Vienna and Loir-et-Cher. In concrete terms, this evolution of vigilance leads the prefecture to ask the families to keep thei…