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France heatwave: 14 departments on red alert as temperatures top 40C
Elsewhere, 41C is forecast in Lyon (Rhône), Villefranche-sur-Saône, Valence (Drôme), Angoulême (Charente), Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) and Périgueux (Dordogne). Grenoble and Voiron should reach 40C, while Saint-Marcellin and Villefontaine are expected to see 39C.
France on high alert as heatwave pushes temperatures past 40 degrees
A severe heatwave with temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius has pushed France into a state of high alert. The national weather service, Météo France, urged people across large parts of the country to exercise extreme caution on Tuesday.
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