35 to 39 ° C, even 40 ° C in places: an extraordinary and early heat wave will hit France over the weekend, a new sign of climate change with increasingly costly human and economic consequences.
With the arrival of hot air from the Maghreb through Spain, which is already nauseating, the southwest of the country will first be affected on Tuesday with temperatures up to 36 ° C, according to Météo-France. In the latter part of the week, highs in excess of 40 ° C are expected in this region.
Mercury will panic across the country, both in the southern half and the northern half, which will experience temperatures of 30 ° C to 35 ° C on Friday and Saturday.
A clear sign of global warming, heat waves are multiplying and intensifying around the world.
In Spain, up to 43 degrees are expected on Tuesday in the south of the country, more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms.
This early heat wave with beat temperatures notes and over another heat wave less than a month ago is a fact very worriedsaid the Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera.
A summer of all dangers
According to the Spanish meteorological agency Aemet, the temperature is higher 7 to 12 degrees seasonal norms and this heat wave should last until at least Saturday.
Consequences: the risk of fire is extreme in large parts of Spain, according to this agency.
Same thing in France, where spokesman for the Federation of firefighters Eric Brocardi warns of a summer of all dangers.
On Monday, several large fires broke out in a region in southeastern France, including the burning of 60 bungalows at one of the largest campsites in Europe.
That is guaranteed fully mobilizedFrench Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne met on Tuesday with prefects and regional health agencies to ensure that all devices are in place.
In Bordeaux, in the southwest, we prepare: We bought foggers […] that we will put in public spaces, both in city plazas ovens, spaces such as kindergarten dormitories and residential halls for seniors.explained Sylvie Justome, Health and Seniors Assistant.
Unprecedented punctuality
Metropolitan France already experienced more exceptional temperatures in June. The full record started in June 2019, with 46 ° C in the shade in Vérargues, in the southeast, but it was at the very end of the month, i.e. the 28th.
This wave is the very first: We can reach 40 ° C for the first time in the early part of the seasonsaid this Tuesday atAFP Olivier Proust, forecaster at Météo-France.
A precocity that weighs on organisms with longer days and shorter nights in June than in July or August.
Faced with climate change, the French government has announced the creation of a fund of 500 million euros (675 million Canadian dollars) for renaturation of cities.
The heat wave that occurs after a particularly hot and dry spring will further aggravate the drying up of soils, especially on agricultural lands.
Matthieu Sorel, climatologist at Météo-France, reports onAFP soil moisture level eligible by the end of July.
As for the ground water tables, which occasionally rain in the summer, even heavy, can not recharge, they are falling, with a situation. worried in their area, according to the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research.
In this context, 36 departments, or more than a third of the country, have implemented restrictions on water use.
The upcoming hot weather is particularly dangerous for the elderly and infirm, infants and outside workers.
As in the construction site of this tram in the Bordeaux region. This week, we will be attacked at least at 7 am Maybe at 6 am, explains Aurélien Theillaud, director of works. At the union minimum is three liters of water per employee per day.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
