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"France has registered its hottest day on record as 40 people across the
country were confirmed to have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas
over the last few days.
“There is a tragic scourge of drownings,” prime minister Sébastien Lecornu said
on Tuesday. “The latest figures we’ve received are 40 deaths since 18 June.
Most of the victims are young people.”
Lecornu was preparing to chair a crisis meeting with ministers to address the
ferocious early summer heatwave that has left parts of western France suffering
temperatures of above 40C.
“We’re experiencing an episode of exceptional intensity,” Lecornu said. “Every
day and every night, local and national temperature records are being broken.”
The national weather service, Météo-France, said that Tuesday had been the
hottest day since measurements began in 1947. “The thermometer even climbed to
44.3C in Pissos (Landes),” it said on social media. “Many cities experienced
unprecedented values, regardless of the month, including 42.1C in Bordeaux.”
Météo-France said 54 departments had been placed under a red heatwave alert as
“oppressive and exhausting” heat smothered about half of the country. It said
overnight temperatures were also the hottest since 1947."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
