More than half of France under red alerts as heatwave intensifies
France is experiencing an intense, widespread heatwave with over half the country under red alerts and temperatures reaching up to 43C. Authorities have closed schools and warned vulnerable populations as the extreme weather is expected to persist throughout the week.
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The increasing frequency and severity of heatwaves in Europe underscore the urgent real-world impacts of climate change on public infrastructure and health.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Lana Lam Parisians cool off in canal amid red alert heatwave Forty-nine of France s 96 regions are under a red heat alert, as the country braces for sweltering temperatures due to an intensifying heatwave.
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