French grape-pickers wilt as ‘heat dome’ temperatures top 40C

SaintQuentindeBaron, France, Aug 22 (AFP/APP):Grape-pickers were out in French vineyards on Tuesday bringing in this year’s harvest in “torrid” conditions as temperatures shot past 40C in some areas of the country during a “heat dome” weather pattern that has brought misery to millions. In Saint-Quentin-de-Baron […]

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