Extreme heat wave in France kills hundreds of thousands of poultry

Mongabay
Jun 26, 2026, 6:24 pm122 ptsTrending
Record temperatures have been causing mass poultry deaths in western France since June 22, Reuters reported. The heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), is also behind the drowning of 40 people. Météo-France, the French national weather service, wrote in a statement that June…

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