In France, due to strong heat, the work of approximately 1350 schools was temporarily suspended.
According to local authorities, educational institutions were fully or partially closed for one day due to adverse weather conditions.
According to Météo-France meteorological agency, in 16 departments of the country, including Paris, a red level of anxiety was announced, another 68 departments have an orange level.
Air temperature during the day, as expected, will fluctuate from 20 to 41 degrees Celsius.
On the eve of the same reason, 750 schools were closed.
Anomally hot weather also provoked a sharp increase in ozone pollution in the metropolitan region.
In this regard, the Paris Police Prefecture announced the restrictions on traffic: entry is allowed only by vehicles with a low level of emissions, the rest is prohibited from traveling on the roads. Additionally, speed limits were reduced in a number of sites.
In addition, as previously reported, due to high temperatures on June 29, the work of one of the reactors of the Golfesh nuclear power plant, located in the Tarn-I-Garon Department, was temporarily stopped.