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Almost all of France is now under some level of water restrictions and in many communes tap water has been rationed or even cut off altogether as supplies run dry.
The climate crisis-linked drought – intensified by an unusually hot summer – has dried out many subterranean water supplies, but the country’s rivers are also affected.
From the Loire to the Dordogne, rivers are slowing to a trickle – as this aerial video from French TV channel LCI shows.
Across France many lakes have also virtually dried up, while reservoirs are at a perilously low level.
The climate crisis-linked drought – intensified by an unusually hot summer – has dried out many subterranean water supplies, but the country’s rivers are also affected.
From the Loire to the Dordogne, rivers are slowing to a trickle – as this aerial video from French TV channel LCI shows.
Across France many lakes have also virtually dried up, while reservoirs are at a perilously low level.
