France will experience several stormy episodes during this first weekend of vacation. In its online bulletin, Météo-France has placed a large number of departments on orange alert from Lot to Haut-Rhin this Friday, June 28, 2024. It will be extended almost to the entirety of France the next day, except on the coast from Brittany to Hauts-de-France and part of the Mediterranean rim. This deterioration will lead to an increase in the risk of storm asthma, warned the national aerobiological monitoring network (RNSA) in a tweet of June 27, 2024 spotted by BFMTV .
“Storms break up pollen grains into tiny, highly allergenic particles that penetrate deep into the lungs. Result: coughing, wheezing, difficulty breathing…”, explains the RNSA. The most vulnerable are people with asthma, those with allergies to grass pollen, children and young adults, he specified in a press release published on June 5, 2024. He recalled that storm asthma can affect everyone. the world, asthmatic or not.
Measures to protect yourself
To protect yourself, some measures should be taken such as staying indoors and limiting outings, closing windows in homes and cars, following your treatment if you are asthmatic. If you notice coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing, it is best to consult a doctor.
Météo-France predicts storms for Saturday June 29, 2024 “violent, accompanied by strong gusts and rain”. It does not rule out placing certain departments of New Aquitaine and the North-East on orange alert, depending on how the situation evolves.
