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[Update July 20 at 14:35 - The orange storm alert has now been extended to Ain as well.]

There are 21 departments in the east of France on orange heatwave or storm alert, a situation that could last for several more days, .

The scorching weather has arrived from the west of the country, where there were record-breaking temperatures in 63 places and massive wildfires.

Read more: France wildfires rage on: 20,000 hectares burnt, one arrest made

Earlier this week there were 15 western departments on red heatwave alert and yesterday 73 were on orange alert.

Read more: Red weather alerts lifted as heatwave moves eastwards across France

The departments that remain on orange heatwave alert are:

Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Vaucluse, Gard, Ard猫che, Dr么me, Hautes-Alpes, Haute-Loire, Is猫re, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Rh么ne, Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin.

Many of these are also on yellow alert for storms. Temperatures in the south east could reach close to 40C.

The departments on orange storm alert are:

Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vosges, Haute-Sa么ne, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Territoire de Belfort, Doubs and Jura.

惭茅迟茅辞-贵谤补苍肠别 states:

鈥淥n Wednesday, the high temperatures will only affect the south-eastern quarter of the country as well as Alsace, with night-time temperatures still very high.

鈥淭his situation is likely to continue for several more days in these regions.

鈥淩egarding storms, they will initially only hit a small area but will then spread to all departments under orange alert. These storms could be violent accompanied by hail and strong electrical activity.鈥�

惭茅迟茅辞-贵谤补苍肠别鈥檚 temperature forecast for Wednesday, July 20. Credit:

You can keep up to date with weather warnings on 惭茅迟茅辞-贵谤补苍肠别鈥檚 or via its .

Elsewhere, the parks and public gardens in Lille (Nord) are to reopen this morning after being closed last night due to storms.

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