Key points

2 departments under an orange heat wave alert and 1 department under a yellow heat wave alert

For yesterday (August 5):

• 17 visits to emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses, half of which involved adults aged 75 and older. The main cause was dehydration. Five of these visits occurred in the Drôme department.

• Eight SOS Médecins consultations for heat-related illnesses were reported.