Météo-France confirmed that since June 17, 2026, France has been going through its first heat wave of the year, with remarkable precocity and intensity throughout the hexagon. Comparable to the deadly summers of 2003 and 2019, this episode caused mercury to rise beyond 40 degrees and transformed the nights into furnaces. However, the end of the heat wave is emerging, and it is the west that is expected to blow the first. A heat of unprecedented …
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Météo-France confirmed that since June 17, 2026, France has been going through its first heat wave of the year, with remarkable precocity and intensity throughout the hexagon. Comparable to the deadly summers of 2003 and 2019, this episode caused mercury to rise beyond 40 degrees and transformed the nights into furnaces. However, the end of the heat wave is emerging, and it is the west that is expected to blow the first. A heat of unprecedented …