Climate
France: 21 departments on orange alert for heat wave and storms this weekend
On August 9, 2026, Météo-France, France's national weather service, placed twenty-one French departments on orange alert — a national warning system that notifies the public and authorities of dangerous weather phenomena at the departmental level — for heat wave and/or storms this weekend. The agency warns of risks qualified as extreme. Forecasted storms may be accompanied by hail and violent wind gusts reaching 90 to 110 km/h.