French government holds crisis meeting as heatwave mounts

Paris (AFP) Aug 17, 2023

France’s government held a crisis meeting Thursday to discuss measures to tackle a heatwave in which temperatures could climb beyond 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) this weekend.

Senior civil servants from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s office as well as the interior, health, agriculture and transport ministries attended the meeting, the office told AFP.

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