40 People Drown in France as Heat Wave Persists

NYT World Tuesday 23 June 2026, 12:00 UTC By Claire Moses 1 min read

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People trying to find respite in the shade in Toulouse, France, on Monday.

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France has its hottest night on record, 15 Italian cities under red heat alert and UN chief says London is ‘cooking’Europe heatwave live – latest updatesForty people have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas across France in recent days, the prime minister has said, as people across the country sought respite from the record-shattering heatwave sweeping across much of Europe. “There is a tragic scourge of drownings,” Sébastien Lecornu said on Tuesday. “The latest figures we’ve...

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