Haute-Loire

In France, four southern regions - the Rhone, Drome, Ardeche and Haute-Loire - were placed under red alert, the country's most serious warning.

The departments targeted by the alert, which allows local authorities to call off events and close public facilities if needed, are the Rhone, Drome, Ardeche and Haute-Loire, Meteo France said.

The departments that will be targeted by the alert are the Rhone, Drome, Ardeche and Haute-Loire, Environment Minister Christophe Bechu told reporters.

On Sunday the Tour’s 15th stage ran from Laissac-Sévérac l’Église to Le Puy-en-Velay, the Haute-Loire town famous for its lentils and lace-making.

“It reminds me of my childhood memories, the pleasant scent that emanated as it cooked,” Jean-Pierre Abelin of La Vienne wrote about his butter galette, which he said was baked on Sunday morning and eaten after Mass. Of picking mushrooms for his mother to prepare in her restaurant, Jean-Pierre Marcon of the Haute-Loire wrote, “Pleasure becomes, at that instant, an act of love.”