Between Thursday and Saturday, temperatures, from 35 ° C to 38 ° C, are expected in the southern half, and the mercury could even brush the 40 ° C locally.
Le Monde with AFP
Faced with the announced heat wave, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, will bring together, Tuesday, June 14, regional prefects and regional health agencies. The government plans to create a fund of 500 million euros for the “renaturation” of the cities, announced the spokesperson Olivia Grégoire.
The government intends to promote “the development of islets of freshness in the city by very strongly committing to supporting local authorities in adaptation to the consequences of climate change,” said M Grégoire at the end of the Council of Ministers. Also, this fund will be used to “co -finance, alongside local communities which express the need, these renaturation operations.”
Faced with “this important, strong, early, unprecedented wave during this period”, announced for the coming days, the government “calls for vigilance and deploys measures to accelerate preparation for the consequences of climate change” , underlined the minister.
Elisabeth Borne will bring together, at 5 pm, “in videoconference all the regional prefects as well as the managing directors of regional health agencies”, while the Minister of National Education, Pap Ndaye, will exchange “with The rectors “, said Olivia Grégoire.
” Difficult days “
The government “has already given education to all state services to ensure that the various shelter and support systems are operational, and this, tomorrow [Wednesday]”, A -It added, in anticipation of “these days which will be difficult for all of us, and especially for the most fragile”.
France will undergo temperatures very largely above 30 ° C this week, a particularly early heat wave, umpteenth outset of a planet that warms up, in a context of exceptional drought of the soils that raises fears Harvesting losses and fires in France.
Between Thursday and Saturday, very high temperatures, from 35 ° C to 38 ° C, are expected over the southern half, and the mercury could even brush the 40 ° C locally. Minimum temperatures should not descend under 20 ° C during the night.