Bellegarde-en-Diois
- Aug 9
France: 28 departments on orange heatwave alert as temperatures retreat eastward
Météo-France maintained 28 French departments on orange heatwave vigilance for Sunday 16 August as temperatures retreat westward, while the southeast faces continued heat until mid-next week and severe storms threaten the southwest.
- Aug 8
Drôme wildfire grows to 370 hectares as heat reactivates blaze; Gironde military camp also burns
A week-old fire in the Drôme's Claps massif expanded to 370 hectares by Sunday evening, with two reactivations driven by heatwave conditions, while a separate blaze burned 15 hectares at a munitions-filled military camp in Gironde.
