CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, June 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - France's national weather agency placed Paris and 15 other departments on its highest weather alert level for Tuesday, as a record heatwave grips Europe.

Paris and the 15 other departments would move up to the red alert level, a warning last issued in August 2023, due to the severity of the temperatures, Meteo France said. It said 68 other departments would remain on orange, the second highest alert level.