The south of France continues to be ravaged by fires. Saturday afternoon around Aubagne (Bouches-du-Rhône) a new forest fire broke out. Significant rescue equipment have been mobilized. Residents were forced to be confined to their homes, others were evacuated. At 20:30, 150 hectares have been ravaged by the flames, according to the CODIS, the Operational Center Fire and rescue […]
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Fifteen departments Southeast are still on Friday morning orange alert for heatwave, said Meteo France in its latest bulletin at 6am. The heatwave episode continues on the southeast of France. Meteo France has kept 15 departments orange alert. The heatwave alert relates to the following departments: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Bouches-du-Rhone, the Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse , Drôme, […]
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The heatwave continues in the southeast of France. Meteo France has kept 13 departments orange alert. The drop in temperature is not expected until Sunday. The maximum temperatures could rise on Thursday, up to 38 ° C inland in the southeast, with highs of 40 ° C on probable cities like Carpentras, Manosque or Sartene, says Meteo […]
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Meteo France has maintained, on Wednesday morning, twelve departments in the Southeast of France on orange alert for heatwave. The end of this wave of hot weather is expected no earlier than Thursday. It may be very hot in the south-eastern part of France on Wednesday. In its morning report, Meteo France has maintained twelve departments on […]
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In the Bouches-du-Rhône, the fire outbreaks are “controlled” with ongoing damping down announced the rescue operations on Thursday. However, they will remain under “active surveillance”. “In a context of severe drought the Situation was very afraid of the times.” The fires were “under control” in the Bouches-du-Rhône and the situation is “somewhat favorable” in Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var) did was learned from the relief that […]
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While a new fire broke out on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday near Bormes-les-Mimosas in the Var, causing the evacuation of more than 10,000 people, Édouard Philippe told AFP that he would go to “the front of the fire” on Wednesday night. The Prime Minister also announced the arrival of ground and air reinforcements. The […]
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POLITICS: The rebellious member did not understand why the EU flag was there … His arrival to the National Assembly on Tuesday had been noticed . But the reaction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, new MP of France Insoumis of Bouches-du-Rhône, in sight of a European flag in the grounds of the Palais Bourbon, also worth its weight in peanuts. […]
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Four people, including a six year old child died in the night of Wednesday to Thursday in a fire at an apartment in Marseille, reported Thursday morning by the fire brigade of the city. “Four people were found dead on the spot: two women about 35 years old, a 6 year old child and a […]
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Five days before the presidential election, two men of 23 and 29, suspected of planning an “imminent” attack on French soil were arrested in Marseille. Firearms and equipment used in the manufacture of explosives were found during the search of their apartment. Two men aged 23 and 29, suspected of preparing an “imminent” attack were arrested on […]
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Eleven departments in the Southeast and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region were placed on Orange alert, this Friday for high winds by Meteo France, which provides gusts up to 130 km/h, locally accompanied by significant falls snow. The orange alert previously announced for wind in the Rhone, the Loire and the Haute-Loire was extended at midday to a […]
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