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Added on the 17/06/2022 15:45:07 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
As the mercury edges towards the 40-degree mark in France, with record temperatures for the month of June expected to be broken, Parisians try to cool off in the shade of the trees on the banks of the Seine, in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
French health minister, Brigitte Bourguignon, visits the residents of a nursing home in Poitiers, as France's record pre-summer heatwave spreads across the country. IMAGES
Le Broc (France), Aug 11 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sebastien Nogier) The south of France is experiencing a dry climate and drought with record temperatures.FOOTAGE OF THE BED OF THE DRY L'ESTERON RIVER, IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, DUE TO LOW WATER LEVEL AND RECENT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN LE BROC.
The River Garonne is slightly overflowing in Bordeaux, flooding cycle paths along the quays, while the Gironde department in south-west France is under an orange flood warning for Monday. IMAGES
French farmers with their stationned tractors are blockading part of the A63 motorway by Marcheprime, nearby Bordeaux in southwestern France IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).