Almost the entire department of Hérault has been placed on alert or enhanced alert to the drought. The soil dryness at the beginning of May is equivalent to what it would be at the end of June usually.
Groundwater levels are worrying, even reaching low records for the season in places. President Emmanuel Macron announced a "sobriety plan" on water for all economic sectors, but which spares the agricultural sector, which is a major consumer of water in France. The France is again facing a historic drought threat at the start of summer.