Key Points

• As of August 4, 2017, at 4:00 p.m., 15 departments are under an orange alert and 5 under a yellow alert. The affected departments are located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica, and Occitanie.

• The heat wave persists, with high temperatures still expected tonight and tomorrow. The heat wave is expected to end on Sunday in most departments.

• Since the start of the heat wave, there has been no significant change in activity at emergency rooms or SOS Médecins clinics in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica, and Occitanie regions. Only in the PACA region has there been a slight increase in emergency room activity and consultations for heat-related illnesses (PLC), exceeding levels typically recorded at this time of year, though patient volumes remain low.