Key Points

• As of 4:00 p.m. on August 28, 2017, 8 departments are under an orange alert and 28 under a yellow alert. The affected departments are located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie, and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Île-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine are under a yellow alert.

• The heatwave persists, with high temperatures still expected tomorrow. The heatwave is expected to end on Thursday in most departments. This heatwave is quite intense, especially for late summer.

• Since the start of the heatwave, there has been no significant change in activity at emergency rooms or among SOS Médecins organizations.