Heat Wave in Record Mode: Is 2026 Hotter than 2003?
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More than 20 years ago, the two-week episode in the middle of summer was new and surprised the country when no one was prepared for it, resulting in more than 15,000 deaths, including elderly people.
This heat wave lasts extremely long. Even records from the summer of 2003 are shaken.
The current heat wave in France could reach an intensity equivalent to that recorded in August 2003, which set a record number of deaths, almost 15,000 people, but will be "precocious," said Météo France's director, Sophie Voirin, at a press conference.
The modeling of the heat wave is increasingly worrying. There are now many scenarios that envisage a heat wave as strong and as durable as in August 2003, where 15,000 people had lost their lives in France. Temperatures still higher than in 2003? The heat wave of August 2003 is still in all memory. It remains the most severe heat wave that affected France, and the one with the most significant consequences. This heat wave had combined intensity …
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