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Météo France described the current heatwave as widespread, prolonged and intense. Several towns cancelled music festival events and EDF warned of nuclear plant output limits.
France 24" Temperatures are forecast to reach or exceed 40°C on June 21. Several municipalities have cancelled Fête de la Musique celebrations due to the heat. The state-owned utility EDF has warned that three nuclear plants will face production curbs next week.
The production curbs are due to high temperatures on the Rhône and Garonne rivers. A photograph shows a pharmacy sign in Créon, near Bordeaux, displaying 41°C on June 17, 2026. This is France's second premature heatwave in less than a month.
France 24 reported that the current episode follows an earlier heatwave that prompted similar public-health measures.
StatThe outbreak in Ituri province, declared May 15, has killed 254 people and infected 1,003. Contact tracing covers only 55 percent of known exposures amid rebel violence that blocks access to villages.
financialexpress.comAbbVie will pay $10.9 billion in cash to buy Apogee Therapeutics, a Waltham-based developer of immunology drugs. The deal values Apogee shares at $135.11 each, a roughly 50 percent premium to the prior close.
The IndependentRecord spring rains and snowmelt flooded northern Michigan homes, exposing gaps in federal flood maps and insurance access for thousands of residents. Many property owners had been told they were outside mapped flood zones and could not obtain coverage.