Key Points

From August 18, 2023, to August 21, 2023, amid a heat wave, Météo France issued an orange alert for 8 departments in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (covering 72.9% of the region’s resident population) and a yellow alert for 4 departments (covering 27.1% of the region’s resident population). Météo France proposed placing 10 departments under an orange alert for August 22, 2023 (Charente, Charente-Maritime, Corrèze, Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, and Haute-Vienne, representing 86.6% of the regional resident population) and a yellow alert for 2 departments (Creuse and Pyrénées-Atlantiques, representing 13.4% of the regional resident population).