The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre are closing early and the Musée d'Orsay is reducing hours as Météo-France places 24 departments on its highest alert and forecasts 35°C–39°C for more than 22M people.SNCF will operate about 3,700 TGV services over the weekend but will cancel roughly one-third of Intercity connections during the hottest hours to protect tracks and crews.Paris mayor
Emmanuel Grégoire convenes a crisis meeting and orders extra drinking-water stations, longer opening hours for parks and swimming pools and targeted aid for elderly and other vulnerable residents during the third heatwave since May.