While France faces this Wednesday the hottest day of the third heat wave recorded since June - with temperatures which can reach up to 40 ° C in the South-West -, the level of the Garonne finds itself at its lowest. because of the drought.
On the banks of the river, in Toulouse, the fishermen are worried.
The Garonne "has withdrawn by about 50 to 70 meters or even 100 m in places", explains Mickaël Nguyen, president of the Toulouse fishing association, showing the dam behind him, almost dry.
“We adapt, we obviously adapt to the morphology of the river.
We're going to do like the fish, in fact.
We're going to get the pockets of water, and we're going to do like him, ”he continues, throwing his line in the water.
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According to Météo France, the month of July 2022 is already "the second driest month of all months combined" in France since the start of measurements in 1958-1959, with a cumulative aggregate rainfall of 9.7 mm, i.e. a rainfall deficit of about 84% above normal.
“We are in a situation of record drought for soil humidity at the national level”, adds Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, climatologist at Météo France.
At the beginning of August, the soils are therefore even drier than they were on the same date in 1976 and in 2003. the absolute record for dryness of superficial soils which dates from 2003 has been beaten”, is still worried about Météo France.
