Since the 2003 heat wave, several preventive measures and an alert system aiming at reducing the risks related to high temperatures have been set up in France by the health authorities and ...

During the July 2006 heat wave, about 2065 excess deaths occurred in France. Considering the observed temperatures and under the hypothesis that the quantitative association between temperature ...

In August 2003, a major tragedy struck France: heat. 14,802 people were killed by the hot, dry air that smothered the country ...

In August 2003, France suffered its first major climate event: a heatwave which caused 15,000 human deaths, drought, crop failure and the breakdown of national ...

Temperatures in France surpassed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) Friday for the first time on record as Europe sweltered in an early summer heatwave that has caused several deaths.

Europe is sweltering in an early summer heatwave France on Friday recorded its hottest ever temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius, as Europe sweltered in an early summer heatwave already blamed for ...