INFOGRAPHIC – This month of July is the second driest on record since 1959.
Withered flowers, bare and browned trees, dead leaves crunching underfoot… Were it not for the stifling heat, you could imagine yourself in autumn. Since the beginning of the summer, France has been suffocating. The sky is dry, the soil cracked and the water reserves are dwindling. According to the bulletin published by the Ministry of Ecological Transition on August 4, no less than 93 departments are beyond the threshold of vigilance. In detail, 4 departments are at the first level of alert, 27 on heightened alert and 62 are deemed to be in a crisis situation.
“A combination of two factors makes the situation particularly worryingexplains Cyrille Duchesne, meteorologist at La Chaîne Météo (chain of the Figaro group). We had a particularly dry winter and spring, so we started the summer with low levels in most water tables. Added to this is a scorching summer season with a lack of lasting rain. The whole country is affected. In this sense, this drought…
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