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France braced for a heatwave future of 'tropical nights and 30C seas'

Across Europe, temperatures have been soaring over recent days, and in France large swathes of the country were placed on heatwave alert at the weekend ahead of peaks of 38°C in many parts. For the scientific community, the recurrent heatwaves affecting France are characteristic of intensifying climate change and, as Mickaël Correia and Manuel Magrez report, the daunting prospects are highlighted by the incapacity of counter measures to keep pace with the mounting meteorological havoc.

Mickaël Correia and Manuel Magrez

13 August 2024 à 23h47

As temperatures steadily climbed across France last weekend, peaking on Monday with 40 départements (counties) on official heatwave alert when between 36°C and 38°C (96.8°F – 100.4°F) was reached in Normandy and the Paris region, central and south-west France, and the south-east.

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