Five additional departments, all located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, were placed on Sunday in orange heat wave vigilance. In total, 54 departments are on orange alert and 15 in red.

Five additional departments, all located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, were placed on Sunday in orange heat wave vigilance, while 15 departments in the north of the country remain in red, Météo-France announced.

"Five departments of the Center-East are going on orange heat wave vigilance: Haute-Loire, Isère, Ain, Savoie and Haute-Savoie," Météo-France announced on Sunday afternoon. France therefore now has 54 departments on orange alert.

15 deposits in #vigilanceRouge
54 deposits in #vigilanceOrange

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- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) August 9, 2020

15 departments in red vigilance

Fifteen departments, that is all Hauts-de-France and Ile-de-France, as well as Eure and Seine-Maritime in Normandy, remain placed in red vigilance.