Following a devastating heatwave in 2003 that killed 15,000, France has adopted four alert levels to help people cope with extreme temperatures Helen Massy-Beresford is a British journalist and editor who lives in Paris Over the weekend, as evening fell on the hilly (and, crucially, shady) Parc d...

Source: [Guardian Environment](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/paris-heatwave-alcohol-public-events-cities-extreme-temperatures)

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