They will approach 40° celsius. In some departments of France, the day of Thursday August 4, 2022 promises to be particularly stifling, according to the latest forecasts from Météo France. The organization, which updated its data this Thursday, August 4 at 6 a.m., has indeed placed 26 departments on orange vigilance for the risk of a heat wave. For many others (53, in total), experts are also warning about the emergence of probable storms. More information about this in our slideshow, which you will find at the end of this article.
Of course, such a heat wave – it’s the third since the first heat wave observed this summer – is not without consequences for the country. It is necessary, recalls France Info on its site, to expect a production of electricity in slow motion. And for good reason ! The reactors of some nuclear power plants cannot run at full capacity due to the high temperatures of the rivers that normally serve to cool them. In some cases, as may be in Tricastin (Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), it will even have to be stopped altogether.
Such a situation also pushes, our colleagues still inform, more and more municipalities to take “drastic measures”. In order not to face shortages of drinking water, certain departments have thus had to set up “systems D”… Which include reductions in flow, or cuts in water at the tap, for example. is the case in Drôme, Finistère, Haute-Saône, Dordogne or Vosges, to name a few…
