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Translation: [Thread] [1/7] With temperatures reaching 40-43°C for several days, this is no longer just a weather event, but an event that will have catastrophic consequences for animal and plant life. I choose my words carefully: what is going to happen in France is unprecedented.

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Amber extreme heat warning issued as 35C heatwave approaches

19 June 2026

The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning for parts of southern and eastern England and south Wales.

The warning is valid for Monday and Tuesday and warns of temperatures peaking at 35C (95F).

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Temperatures in parts of France are expected to climb into the low to mid-40s Celsius with some temperature records under threat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cz0jde5xkjvo

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France sees its hottest day on record - 111.7 degrees Fahrenheit

France has seen its hottest day since records began, according to the country’s weather agency.

Temperatures reached 44.3C in Pissos in south-western France, while other areas also hit unprecedented highs, including 42.1C in Bordeaux, Météo-France said in a post on X.

It comes after the agency said earlier that last night was the hottest night on record.

Météo-France also says the national temperature indicator, an average from 30 stations across the country, reached 29.8C at 17:00 local time, beating the previous record of 29.4C.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0ryvlx ... bf306#post

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European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

Fri 26 Jun 2026

The heatwave scorching western Europe is the most severe and widespread ever and is only possible due to the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning, scientists have said.

Almost half of Europe’s 850 largest cities are also enduring their worst ever heat stress, a combination of temperature and humidity, they found. Muggier conditions mean sweating is less effective at cooling the body, making heatwaves even more dangerous.

The analysis comes as the UK recorded its hottest ever June temperature on Thursday, 36.7C (98.06F) in Somerset, and much of western Europe recorded a sharp rise in medical emergencies, including some deaths.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... scientists

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Dr. Serge Zaka, a prominent agrometeorologist and climatologist (translated from French):

"Hen mortality is up 1000%, pig mortality up 200%, cattle mortality up 45%. Several million farm animals have died because of the heatwave.

We're living through a major agricultural disaster, one that, alongside the trauma of 2003, ranks as one of the two biggest animal die-offs in recent French farming history.

Faced with the influx of carcasses, Brittany's authorities have granted an exceptional allowance to bury dead animals directly in the soil of farms themselves.

This excess mortality is showing up across all types of farms — from Label Rouge operations (with access to wooded outdoor space) to ventilated buildings, from organic to conventional. And that's not even counting the psychological toll on farmers."

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Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C

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Europe's unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme heat continued to move east.

In a post on X, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded since 21 June "linked to high temperatures in Europe".

"Heat stress is often called the 'silent killer' - and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures," he said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4d2vv935lo

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