After it was lifted France Monday, the warning level to “red”, which is the highest warning level in the country, in four regions in the south, the heat wave sweeping the country continues, forcing the authorities to raise warning levels again.
And the French weather service, Meteo France, said on Tuesday that it had put 49 zones in the region Orange alert status Four other areas are at red alert level.
This, and the warning level will be raised on Wednesday to affect 15 other regions, to become a red alert.
Environment Minister Christophe Piceau told reporters that the regions to be targeted by the warning are Rhône, Drome, Ardèche and Haut-Loire. The alarm goes into effect as of 1600 local time.
In addition, this is the sixth time that the French Meteorological Service (Meteo France) has raised the alert level to red as part of the government’s effort to protect the population during periods of severe weather, and the first such case this year.
FRANCE 24/Reuters/AFP
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2023-08-22 18:43:53
