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European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.9C
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.9C (114.6F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
he new record was measured in the southern village of Gallargues-le-Montueux. Before this year the previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.
- BBC
Health Minister Agnès Buzyn warned that “everyone is at risk”.
France’s weather service has issued an unprecedented red alert for four areas.
Those are all in the…