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Heatwave hits more than one in two people in France

More than half of France's population was dealing with scorching temperatures on Friday, according to AFP's calculations, with hundreds of schools adapting their timetables to keep students out of broiling classrooms.

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More than half of France’s population faced scorching temperatures on Friday, prompting an orange heat alert—the second‑highest warning—from the national weather office. The alert covered around 41 million people out of the country’s roughly 69 million residents, urging “very cautious” behavior.

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