Overview

• Fourteen départements remain under red vigilance for Tuesday and five for Wednesday, with three-quarters of the country on at least orange alert.
• Dozens of meteorological stations have set new local and absolute temperature records, with peaks of 42.9°C recorded in Ardèche and Aveyron.
• Météo-France projects the heatwave will continue through the weekend of August 15 and possibly extend to August 19–20 with another peak around midweek.
• Authorities have mobilized hospitals, opened cooling centres, and suspended outdoor works and events in several prefectures to protect public health.
• Fire services continue to monitor a 16,000-hectare blaze in the Aude and air-quality and ozone alerts persist across affected regions.