“The heat is terrifying”: France is suffocating “and summer hasn’t even started yet”

Endless queues in front of London swimming pools. Mists cooling spectators at Roland-Garros. Users crowded into stifling transport. “And summer hasn’t even started yet… note The New York Times.

The American daily observed, Wednesday May 27, the exceptional heat wave which hit Europe, and France in particular. With thirteen departments on heatwave orange alert and peaks forecast at 38 or even 39°C, “France is facing an unprecedented heat wave†, notes The Newspaper in Spain.

The heat dome which caused, directly or indirectly, the death of at least seven people according to the government, is synonymous with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees higher than seasonal norms. “Hundreds of heat records were broken across the country†, states at BBC, for whom “Temperature records are not only broken, but pulverized†.

While “the French authorities have already expressed their concern about this phenomenon†, explain The Newspaper, the government should meet on Thursday May 28 in order to“address the preparation of public services to deal with the current heat wave†.

Schools not equipped for sweltering summers

The consequences throughout the pa