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Sixteen departments have been placed on red alert, the highest level of warning, and 68 on orange alert as France faces the ...
The worst heat was felt in southern Europe, while punishing temperatures were forecast to reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in ...
As countries across Europe contend with a potentially lethal heatwave this week, one area in France has set a new record. On Thursday afternoon, the town of St-Jean-de-Minervois in southern ...
Rome and Paris zoos served up frozen treats to its animals on Wednesday as the European capitals were caught in a severe heat ...
France has issued heatwave warnings for half of all mainland counties, including 19 maximum "red alerts". RFI explains how the French system works and what the different alert levels mean in ...
France has been blazing this week. It recorded its highest temperature ever on Friday, 113 degrees. But temperature records have been rising all over the country, including in Deauville, Normandy.
Paris -- Schools are dousing kids with water and nursing homes are equipping the elderly with hydration sensors as France and other nations battle a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe ...
South-west and Brittany are the only areas likely to avoid storms this evening after several temperature records were broken ...