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Heatwave and wildfire alerts, power cuts in Finistère: France swelters

Temperatures of 40 to 45C are forecast in France on Wednesday 24 June, wildfire alerts are in force in the centre and 68,000 homes in Finistère are without power.

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00:01a historic heat wave continues to grip france on wednesday residents work to record temperatures
00:08once again 29 degrees celsius in la rochelle and 27 degrees celsius in paris all by 5 am
00:1658 departments are on red alert and 31 on orange alert maximum temperatures remain
00:25exceptionally high across most of the western half of the country meteor france has warned that
00:31further records are likely to fall including all-time records for any month while daytime
00:37highs are changing little overnight minimums continue to rise the combination of extreme heat
00:44and low humidity is creating dangerous conditions for wildfires with 35 departments placed on
00:51heightened alert the conditions significantly worsen the risk of outbreaks and the spread of forest
00:57and vegetation fires compared with usual summer conditions meteor france said adding that fire
01:04risk may be very high in some areas
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