France on Sunday said worst drought on record left arid villages without safe drinking water and farmers warned of looming milk shortages in winter So we prepared for the fourth heat wave this summer.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Born's office has set up a crisis team to deal with the drought that has forced many villages to rely on trucks to deliver water, and the state power company EDF EDF. .Power generation and stressed crops that prompted PA to curb nuclear power.
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Temperatures were expected to hit 37 degrees Celsius in the southwest on Sunday, with scorching air moving northward early in the week.
"This new heatwave is likely to start," said La Chaine Meteo, as well as US cable service The Weather Channel.
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Meteorological Office Meteor France has its worst drought since records began in 1958, with the drought lasting at least the middle of the month. July rainfall averaged less than 1 cm across France.
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Meanwhile, the National Federation of Farmers' Cooperatives said milk could run out in the coming months as fodder is in short supply due to drought.
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Almost all of mainland France has implemented water restrictions to conserve water, with hose pipes and irrigation bans in many places.
(Reporting by Richard Lough, Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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