Illustrative photo. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
The Rhône department is still under heatwave alert this Friday by Météo France.
It is the only department, along with the Alpes-Maritimes, to be placed on heatwave alert this Friday. For the second consecutive day, the Rhône department has been placed on yellow heatwave alert by Météo France.
This vigilance will be valid all day in the department. A wave of intense heat is affecting the south-east of the country and is particularly violent in Lyon and the Lyon region.
It will still be 34 degrees this Friday in Lyon and the temperature will not drop before the beginning of next week.