The temperature recorded will reach 59° in Parisian buses.
In the summer of 1976, France suffered a heat wave but above all a historic drought which remains the standard meter for the heat episodes that we have known since.
On May 9, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture issued an alert on the risks that the lack of water poses to future harvests.
“
We are in roughly the same situation as in 1976, with a drought that started in the fall
,” analyzes meteorologist Guillaume Séchet in
Le Parisien
.
And indeed, in 1976, the first concerns were felt in May.
A looming calamity
"
France is thirsty
", headlines
Le Figaro
on May 8, while the lack of water takes on the "
appearance of a calamity
" in certain regions.
"
Already, we can say that the current drought is very hard and will count in the climatic annals
", predicts the newspaper.
The winter was not rainy enough, the spring is very dry, the first days of summer will be too hot.
We have to go back to 1873-1874…
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