{ Twelve years after France\u2019s deadly “Canicule” in 2003, the country is on alert over a heat wave starting from Tuesday till next week.}<\/p>\n
The French national weather forecast agency, Meteo France, said in a statement: “As of Tuesday, June 30, a canicule (heat wave) will sweep the country.”<\/p>\n
Meteo France said that the current “intense heat wave\u201d would be the strongest since the summer of 2006.<\/p>\n
The agency issued an “orange alert” – the second highest warning level – at 26 departments around France and called on people to stay “very vigilant”.<\/p>\n
“The maximum temperatures will often exceed 35 Celsius and likely reach 40 Celsius,” it added.<\/p>\n
In the summer of 2003, around 70,000 people, most of them elderly, died in Europe following a heat wave, according to the French National Institute of Health.<\/p>\n
According to the agency, the heat wave will start in the south of the country then gradually move northwards throughout the week.<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t think this heat wave will have the same consequences as the one in 2003 because we weren\u2019t as prepared at that time,” French Ecology Minister, Segolene Royal, told reporters.<\/p>\n
Since 2003, France has been applying a “National Canicule plan” from June 1 to August 31 in anticipation of the arrival of any possible heat wave.<\/p>\n
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