France is soaking up the sun, with annual music festivities set to take over Paris and the rest of the country on Sunday, even as the national weather service warns of dangerous temperatures.
The prime minister's office announced in a statement that it is banning the consumption of alcohol during nationwide Fete de la Musique (Music Day) festivities in regional departments placed under the red heat wave alert from noon on Sunday.
"For all events organized by the state and its agencies, instructions have been given not to offer alcohol," the statement said following a crisis meeting called by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.
Meteo France, the national weather forecaster, issued the highest-level warning, a red heatwave alert, for 35 regional departments for Sunday, including Paris.
France set to experience really high temperatures beginning Sunday
