Children playing with water jets Place Antonin Poncet square in Lyon during the heat wave, July 4. Credit: K. KONRAD / SIPA – SIPA

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Meteo France placed the Rhône department in orange alert heatwave since Thursday and 16h until Friday when temperatures are expected to reach 40 ° C, pointing out to avoid the most hours hot.

In his national newsletter tracking 6am Friday Météo France announces maintaining the orange alert for the Rhone, still speaking of an episode scorching “short “but” require particular vigilance, especially for sensitive or exposed persons “. The department had a very hot night between Thursday and Friday, with temperatures between 24 and 27 degrees.

At daybreak, a significant decrease was recorded but Day Friday “in a heavy atmosphere of the Rhône department, the temperatures will start rising rapidly. The maximum afternoon easily reach the 39-40 degrees, “said Meteo France.

The Department had already experienced a very hot night between Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures that have struggled to fall below 25 degrees. The thermometer showed 35.5 degrees in Lyon at 15h Thursday.

“It was not until pluvio-stormy episode of Saturday to see temperatures fall afternoon” , stressed the meteorological agency, who recalled the risks, “even in healthy subjects”, including dehydration. “The danger is greater for the elderly, people with chronic illness or mental health problems” and “among athletes and people who work outdoors” insisted Météo France.