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PARIS (Reuters) - French power company EDF said it took its 1.3 gigawatt nuclear reactor Golfech 2, located close to the southern town of Toulouse, of...

Tens of millions of people in France sweated through a late summer heatwave on Monday, with record temperatures expected in the wine-growing Rhone valley region and a forest fire also blazing in the southeast.After a suffocating summer of record temperatures and forest fires in 2022, France has for the most part experienced a typical holiday period this year, escaping the intense heatwave that scorched southern Europe in July.

France on Monday afternoon issued a "red alert," its most serious warning, for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, with temperatures expected to peak at 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Rhone valley.

France Heatwave: Temperatures are expected to peak on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the most intense heat in the southern parts of the country. | World News

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Monday issued a "red alert", its most serious warning, for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, ...

France on Monday afternoon issued a "red alert", its most serious warning, for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, with temperatures expected to peak at 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Rhone valley. The departments targeted by the alert, which allows local authorities to call off events and close public facilities if needed, are the Rhone, Drome, Ardeche and Haute-Loire, Meteo France said. The alert became effective at 1600 local time.

PARIS (Reuters) - France on Monday issued a "red alert", its most serious warning, for four southern regions amid a spell of excessively hot weather, ...

Temperatures are expected to rise to between 40 and 42 Celsius on Tuesday afternoon in four southern regions of France

Ken Rideout had never slept in a tent, run with a backpack, or been in a race longer than 26.2 miles — but when the 52-year-old heard about the grueling Gobi March ultra marathon, something told him he could win it.

Officials warn that high temperatures and strong winds on Tuesday could see more devastating fires.