Heatwave: 5 departments in the Southwest and Centre-East on orange alert Friday
Météo France is forecasting an orange heatwave alert in five departments in the Southwest and Centre-East starting Friday midday, according to the bulletin published on Thursday morning, August 7.
The departments concerned are Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Rhône, with the start of the event set for Friday 12 noon, while 29 departments in the South-West and Centre-East will remain on yellow alert according to the meteorological site.
For Friday, August 8, 2025: 🟠 5 departments on Orange Alert
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In the afternoon, temperatures ranging from 35°C to 39°C and up to 40°C are expected in the southwest quarter of the country, and 35°C to 37°C in the center-east.
"The high temperatures will tend to intensify and spread over the coming days. They will continue into early next week," Météo France said. The orange alert is likely to be "gradually extended in future publications depending on how temperatures evolve," the same source emphasizes.
An orange heatwave alert means special vigilance, especially for "sensitive or exposed people," the site warns. Globally, despite a respite in the series of records, July 2025 ranked as the third hottest July ever recorded on Earth, marked by climate change still at work, the European Copernicus Observatory announced Thursday.
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