France bans alcohol consumption at music festivals under red heatwave alert
Authorities said the ban will help preserve emergency and healthcare services as 35 departments face the highest heat warning, affecting about 26 million people.
- France faced record-busting temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius on Monday, with more than half of its regions under a 'red alert' for heat during a grueling week-long heat wave.
- Meteo France warned that most of the country is entering a 'plateau' of unrelenting heat-wave conditions not forecast to ease before Friday, with nights not dropping below 20 degrees Celsius.
- Hundreds of schools closed on Monday with many others canceling classes, while broadcasts on the Paris transport network urged commuters to hydrate and authorities restricted public alcohol consumption.
- Medical specialists warned of the dangers of drinking alcohol in extreme heat as multiple drownings occurred; the United Kingdom issued an 'extreme heat' warning for England and Wales through Thursday.
- Human-Caused climate change drives extreme weather, with U.N. projections suggesting the next five years will shatter heat records; the World Health Organization noted more than 200,000 people across Europe died from preventable heat-related causes.
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France sizzles in punishing heat that is already causing deaths
France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering in a heat wave combining daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.The national weather service, Meteo France, said most of the country the largest in the European Union is entering unrelenting conditions that aren't forecast to ease before Friday.Meteo France called the heat wave exceptionally intense, simi…
France's government has imposed a ban on alcohol on public roads because of high temperatures in parts of the country.
Extreme heat threatens France. Now the police are starting to issue fines to stop alcohol consumption in public places in Paris. – We do not hesitate, says the police
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