From Al Jazeera - At least 40 people have drowned in France while swimming in unsupervised areas to seek relief from a heatwave gripping the country and other parts of Europe. Speaking after a crisis meeting on Tuesday as France recorded its hottest-ever night, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the death toll since Thursday was mainly young people.
“They are the first victims of the crisis we are facing,” he said, calling the fatalities a “tragic scourge” on a day when temperatures in most of the country are forecast to reach about 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
His comments came after Sports Minister Marina Ferrari said that “to go swimming in unauthorised areas during a heatwave is not something to take lightly”.
Separately, local authorities said the heatwave was the most likely reason for the deaths of two children aged two and four who were found unconscious in a car outside their home in Carpentras in southeastern France.
Three more people aged 80 to 95 died in the Bordeaux region from heat-related health issues, local official Sophie Brocas told France TV.
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