The national weather authority, Meteo-France, placed 12 departments on red alert, France’s highest heat warning, anticipating ...

A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius in parts of the ...

The heat wave, which extended and intensified from Friday in the southern half of France, “is moving northward”. “We will exceed 30 degrees Celsius everywhere in France”, with temperatures that could ...