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Depuis vendredi, six départements du sud de la France étaient déjà en vigilance orange canicule en raison de températures inédites pour un mois de septembre autour de la Méditerranée, dans le Sud-Ouest et les Alpes.
Le sud de la France en surchauffe. A partir de midi, samedi 5 septembre, le Vaucluse rejoindra les six départements déjà placés en vigilance orange "canicule" par Météo-France, portant leur nombre à sept. Sont déjà concernés, depuis vendredi, l'Ardèche, l'Aude, la Drôme, le Gard, l'Hérault et les Pyrénées-Orientales.
Dans un communiqué, l'agence avait alors annoncé avoir déjà relevé des "températures inédites pour un mois de septembre (...) autour de la Méditerranée", ainsi que dans le Sud-Ouest et dans les Alpes.
"Ce samedi matin à 5 heures, les températures sont particulièrement élevées sur le Roussillon et l'Aude, avec près de 30°C à Perpignan et 26°C à Narbonne", a écrit le prévisionniste dans son bulletin matinal. "Cet après-midi, les maximales vont baisser de quelques degrés sur le Sud-Ouest" par rapport à la journée de vendredi, mais "vont rester très élevées sur le Languedoc et la vallée du Rhône avec 36 à 38°C (localement 39 à 40°C dans l'intérieur du Languedoc)."
Ces chaleurs doivent continuer sur la journée de dimanche, avant un rafraîchissement prévu par l'Ouest à partir de lundi. Sur la moitié nord du pays, les températures resteront tous le week-end sous la barre des 35°C, précise Météo-France.
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Un rafraîchissement est prévu à partir de lundi venant de l'Ouest
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More than a hundred residents of a village in Aude were evacuated this Friday due to a virulent fire which devastated around a hundred hectares of vegetation in two hours near Puilaurens. The Cathar castle of Puilaurens, listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, was also evacuated as a precaution. Two hundred firefighters supported by air assets were mobilized, and two firefighters were slightly injured.

A forest fire broke out this Friday, September 4, 2026 between Puilaurens and Axat in Aude, burning 120 hectares in a wooded area that is difficult to access. Nearly 300 firefighters are mobilized on the ground with 11 water bomber planes and helicopters. Two firefighters were slightly injured and around a hundred people were evacuated as a precaution. Puilaurens castle was also evacuated. The D117 road is closed and Aude remains on orange alert for forest fires at least until Monday.
A fire broke out on Friday around 4 p.m. in Puilaurens in Aude, devastating 100 hectares of vegetation in two hours. More than a hundred residents were evacuated, including 32 people from the hamlet of Lavagnac and the Cathar castle of Puilaurens as a precaution. Two hundred firefighters supported by aerial means are fighting the fire in difficult conditions linked to the heatwave and the accessibility of the terrain. Two firefighters were slightly injured.
Météo-France places seven departments on heatwave orange vigilance from Saturday noon, including Vaucluse and the Pyrénées-Orientales, due to hot air coming from the Iberian Peninsula. Temperatures reach 33 to 38°C in the south, with cooler nights in the South-West. The heatwave is expected to persist until at least Sunday in the southern half of the country.

The socialist senator from Aude Sébastien Pla is proposing a new penalty scale for throwing cigarette butts out of the car window, which could lead to up to a year in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros in areas with a high risk of fire, after a survey showing that 17% of smokers admit to this gesture.

Romain Cugnon, a farmer in Oise, describes the financial losses due to drought and heatwaves, particularly on his gooseberry production and sheep breeding, and expresses his distrust of government announcements deemed insufficient.