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France Faces Extreme Heat and Historic Drought Risks as Temperatures Approach Forty Degrees Celsius

French meteorological authorities warn that soil dryness has reached levels comparable to the severe drought of nineteen seventy-six, with southern regions facing renewed heatwave conditions and temperatures nearing forty degrees Celsius.
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