84 provinces in France entered high temperature alert

French local time ushered in the highest peak of the heat waves in this round of local time, and 84 provinces in France entered high temperature alert on the day. At the same time, the forest fire in the southwestern region of France is still raging, and the overfire area has increased to 17,000 hectares.

15 provinces in France entered high -temperature red alert on the 18th. These provinces were concentrated in western France; and 69 provinces entered high -temperature orange warning. The provinces that entered high -temperature alerts on the day have covered most of France's regions and populations.

The high temperature records in multiple places were broken again on the same day. The temperature of Nanda, a western city of France, recorded 42 degrees Celsius at 5 pm on the 18th, refreshing the high -temperature record of 40.3 degrees Celsius in July 1949. Brester in northwestern France recorded 39.3 degrees Celsius, exceeding the high temperature of 35.1 degrees Celsius in August 2003. The highest temperature on the day of Paris was 38 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature on the 19th is expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius.

The forest fire in the southwestern France has lasted for a week and has not been controlled. The over -fire area has increased to 17,000 hectares. As a preventive measure, 32,000 people have been evacuated, including 16,000 people who were evacuated on the 18th. In the province where the forest fire and disaster area is located, the local official warned the public not to try not to return to the residential places in the disaster area. Local officials said that the current weather conditions are still not conducive to fire extinguishing. At the same time, due to the continuous changes in the wind direction, the smoke is affecting the residential area, so more people need to evacuate.

French officials said on the same day that more than 1,700 firefighters and rescuers had been dispatched to participate in the fire. French Minister of Home Affairs Dalmaren revealed that in order to effectively control the fire, firefighters and the military are building a 5 -kilometer -long and 40 -meter -wide firewall in the fire and disaster area to try to prevent the fire from spreading.

Britain, Belgium and other countries in France also encountered high temperature caused by heat waves. Some meteorologists have pointed out that the heat wave affects many European countries, and its power is "shocking", but it is expected that the occurrence of such heat waves at the end of this century may become the norm.

Source: China News Network

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