People cool themselves in a fountain at the square in front of Louvre Musuem in Paris, France, June 28, 2019. The national weather center, Meteo France, on Thursday warned of "exceptional heat peak" on June 28, placing 4 southern regions on red alert, the highest alert on the agency's four-scale system, and urges residents to be extremely vigilant. While 76 other regions, except Brittany, in northwest France, remain on orange alert till next week. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
PARIS, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Temperatures in France hit 45 degrees Celsius on Friday for the first time since the start of temperature measurements, according to Meteo France.
At 14:59 local time on Friday in Villevieille, a commune in southern France, the temperature was registered at 45.1 degrees Celsius.
In Carpentras in southeastern France, the temperature was recorded at 44.3 degrees Celsius at 13:48 local time, breaking the national record of August 2003.
As the heat wave reaches an exceptional peak of heat on Friday, warned Meteo France, many absolute temperature records might be broken.
