France Steps Up Water Curbs as Drought Intensifies

France extended water rationing to more than half the country on Monday as its worst drought in decades intensified and farmers said food output might suffer.

“The drought that France has witnessed since September has been re-inforced by a heatwave at the end of June,” said the environment ministry’s drought bulletin, published on Monday.

“The drought is affecting a large part of the country.”

Months of low rainfall have left the water table seriously depleted, particularly in the west.
Reuters