Sat 29 June 2019:
Schools are spraying kids with water and nursing homes are equipping the elderly with hydration sensors as France battles a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe. The French national weather service activated its highest-level heat danger alert for the first time, putting four regions around Marseille and Montpellier in southern France under special watch. Temperatures in the area are forecast to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius (111 F). Some schools closed because they couldn’t ensure safe conditions.
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