The heatwave in a Parisian park in 2011 (photo illustration) - V. WARTNER / 20 MINUTES

It is more and more necessary. Nine departments were placed on heatwave red alert this Friday, including Paris, Essonne, Eure, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Maritime, Seine-St-Denis, Val-D'Oise, Val-de-Marne and the Yvelines.

Faced with this heat wave which should last until the middle of next week, Météo-France has placed 53 departments in vigilance orange heat wave, on a wide band going from the Pyrenees to the Belgian border, passing through the Center and the region Parisian but sparing the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.

The mercury has already started to rise on Thursday, with 37 ° C in Bordeaux and Toulouse, and the thermometer has not dropped below 20 ° C overnight in many stations.

🔴 9 deposits in #vigilanceRouge
🔶 53 deposits in #vigilanceOrange

Stay informed on https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 pic.twitter.com/CodCKdlWz1

- VigiMeteoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) August 7, 2020

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