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Soaring temperatures are expected in the next 24-48 hours, as the national weather agency “Temperatures of 30-35°C are expected in the northern half of the country and 35-40°C in the south,” the agency said on Twitter, explaining that some areas could expect to see highs of 41°C.Temperatures are expected to cool off by around 5 degrees by the end of the weekend.Furthermore, severe storm warnings have been issued for 19 departments of France, particularly in the north and centre of the country.Winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour are expected as well as electrical storms and heavy rainfall, while fire services have warned of dangerous conditions for wildfires in the south.The sudden variations in temperature from one day to the next have become a worrying trend over the Despite this, these “peaks” of heat cannot be described as “Masses of hot air from Spain, having crossed the Pyrénées mountains, have now stagnated in an anti-cyclonic formation," Yves Choplin, a weather forecaster with the national agency, told France Info on Thursday. By Liam Mannix. The extreme heat that is coming is where things become less typical.

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Coupled with this is a violent storm warning for 19 departments. France issues more extreme heat and storm warnings for coming days Issued on: 31/07/2020 - 08:47 People cool off in city fountains to beat the heatwaves, becoming more recurrent in … Saturday brings highs right to the 100° mark, followed by thermometers in the 102° - 104° range Sunday through Tuesday.

Older people are vulnerable to extremes of heat, with 20,000 people believed to have died across Europe in the 2003 heatwave. "The hot air becomes even hotter locally after it has crossed land that is already very hot from the sun, such as in the Rhône Valley. Find out here. Transport infrastructure suffers, with rail lines buckling. A mini-heatwave is coming to the UK this week - here’s when to expect highs of 28C.