Overview

• Four central departments remain under maximum red heat vigilance and 17 more are on orange alert as of July 3.
• The early-season heatwave, which began on June 19, has driven a 15% rise in SAMU emergency interventions and generated 900 calls to the national heat hotline.
• Two fatalities linked to heat-related malaise have been reported, although official confirmation of their causes is still pending.
• School closures have fallen from a peak of 2,200 establishments on July 1 to 136 on July 2 as temperatures decrease along the Atlantic.
• Météo-France forecasts daytime highs around 25 °C on the Atlantic coast but warns of persistent intense heat and potentially violent thunderstorms in eastern regions.