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Much of France was set to experience temperatures of around 40C on Tuesday, after records were shattered on Monday

Forty people have drowned in France over the past days as they sought to cool down to escape record heat, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as a heatwave swept across much of Europe.

Speaking ahead of an emergency meeting on the heatwave, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said: "A sad scourge when it comes to drownings, as the latest figures just reported to us show 40 deaths since June 18, most of them young people."

Across France, people have been jumping into canals and rivers to cool off. French sports minister Marina Ferrari said she understood the urge to escape the heat but warned against swimming in unauthorized or dangerous areas.

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[–] mereo@piefed.ca 68 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's hard to believe that it's now cooler in Morocco than in France.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 37 points 6 days ago

Holy fuck but yes. My home city is cooler than France and I'm from a fucking desert. This is insane.

[–] semperpeppe@feddit.it 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

All my clients and coworkers across Europe have been roasting. They can't believe when I say I've been under 28 degrees for the past 6 months here in Rabat

[–] mereo@piefed.ca 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Morocco is now Europe's Down Under.

[–] BlindPenguin@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I remember the old sunoco's.

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Anyone read The Ministry For The Future? There's a horrifying wet-bulb event that occurs in the book. It happens in India. People just dying by the hundreds, stewing in any water they can find to cool off. It's looking very likely to occur this century. In the book, this causes some changes, some of which are implemented very aggressively. Sad to think it may be the only way people get on board with fixing this stuff.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

People are already dying in droves in India while Modi stubbornly insists climate change isn't real.

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Climate change is not real but god is. Lol

[–] Escape13@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Yes your god is real because he survived all those other gods from thousands of years ago

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Or the gods as the case may be in India.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The part mentioning the water was no cooler than the warm air but people still jumped in believing they were getting some relief was really heavy. The only way to convince those in power of the threat global warming poses is if it happens in a place like the Hamptons or Beverly Hills.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

To anyone reading, if you find yourself in this situation: water above 37 degrees will make things worse. You're better off outside. Put water on your skin, not the other way around. Put yourself in front of a ventilator for maximum effect. It's water evaporating from your skin that will cool you.

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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Climate change is totally not a problem guys its totally fine.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Especially because we don’t need food and food like growing up in XTREME climates.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah maybe don't jump straight into unknown water. Walk in slowly from the edge if it's possible, if not perhaps find another entry point to start from. For rivers swim up stream to explore it so if the current gets stronger you are just pushed back to your starting point.

[–] Bohne93@feddit.org 20 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Please translate to french

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago

Je suis Napoleon, du France!

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 6 points 6 days ago

Si maeibuel douinout joumpe sraeight ointou uoaeinounouwen aoquoa.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Brummbaer@pawb.social 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bonjour m'appelle je suis Dad.

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago
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[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mettez l'eau en vous. Ne vous mettez pas dans l'eau.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mettez de l'eau sur vous.

The other sentence is perfect.

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

French is rusty. Merci!

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

48 dead from swimming. How does france suck at swimming so bad?

I remember an early heatwave in russia they had a bunch of deaths from drunk people going in the (still very cold) water and it stopping their hearts.

I can't imagine that is what is going on in france here in late june though.

[–] childOfMagenta@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago

People in France commonly die of shock cooling and riptides. That's beyond your imagination though.

okay, that sounds like a very low and very high number of drownings at the same time. quick and dirty analysis. 40 deaths due to one cause in one day is alarming even when your metropolitan population is 66 million. Normally there are 1,000 drowning deaths per year. Ish. That's 1/25th the budgeted drownings for the country in a single [time period oopsie misread the article. maybe 5 days? point still stands]. Like, 40 is a small absolute number but per capita per [short time period] it's a LOT.

hence the government emergency meeting.

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