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40 Drownings Reported in France During Heatwave

40 Drownings Reported in France During Heatwave

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A record‑breaking heatwave has swept France, prompting a surge in drownings: authorities have reported up to 40 deaths—most victims are young—as temperatures climb to around 40 °C.

Sebastien Lecornu
Renaissance
1. Every day and every night, local and national temperature records are being broken.
2. The latest figures we've received are 40 deaths since 18 June. Most of the victims are young people.
Louvre Museum
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1. Heat buildup is greatest toward the end of the day and is further intensified by high visitor numbers.
2. Although parts of its historic building are naturally resilient, the museum remains vulnerable and is not sufficiently adapted to climate change.
Meteo France
1. This will continue through the end of the week, with heat levels never before recorded across more than three-quarters of the country on Wednesday and Thursday.
2. Further record-breaking temperatures are expected, including some that could surpass all previous records, regardless of the time of year.
3. Sunshine continues to dominate across France, maintaining oppressive and exhausting heat throughout the country.
Marina Ferrari
1. It's not something to be taken lightly, going swimming in unsupervised areas during a heatwave.
2. To go swimming in unauthorised areas, during a heatwave, is not something to take lightly.
3. There have been around 20 deaths since last weekend.
Met Office
1. It is now likely the current highest temperature on record for June will be broken, this being 35.6°C recorded in Southampton in June 1976 and Camden Square in June 1957.
António Guterres
United Nations
1. A climate crisis is pushing us deeper towards higher temperatures and closer to catastrophic tipping points, and an energy crisis is exposing the folly of a world hooked on hydrocarbons.
2. On the surface, these crises may seem separate, but they share the same destructive origin: fossil fuels.
Valérie Pécresse
Nouveau Front Populaire
1. The rail tracks cannot withstand temperatures above 50C. So we'll have a lot of disruption to public transport.
2. The transport network comes under severe strain in periods of extreme heat … railways cannot withstand temperatures above 50 degrees.
Stephanie Rist
French Health Ministry
1. We're heading for, at the very least, several days of very, very hot weather. We don't know when temperatures will start falling.

40 Drownings Reported in France During Heatwave

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