The Loire, on Alert, Experienced by an Exceptional Drought

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As the month approaches August, Brittany sees the level of its rivers fall alarmingly, due to the lack of rains. So much so that the level of drought crisis alert has been triggered in some of its territories. Is yours concerned?

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"In three days, the water has fallen several centimetres further and it continues," sighs Michel Navarro, retired and passionate fisherman from the village of Bou, in the Loiret, about fifteen kilometers upstream of Orléans. "It becomes complicated: when I come out of the fish, their body is already hot", he alarms. At the beginning of July, in the heat of the heat, the Loire has reached locally close to 30°C, levels close to the lethal threshol…