{"id":19864,"date":"2026-07-28T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19864"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:12:32","slug":"france-braces-for-fourth-major-heatwave-as-crews-tackle-bordeaux-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19864","title":{"rendered":"France braces for fourth major heatwave as crews tackle Bordeaux blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By Yves Herman and Janis Laizans<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BORDEAUX, France, July 28 (Reuters) &#8211; France was bracing for its fourth major heatwave of the year on \u200cTuesday, as soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions across the southwest piled pressure \u200con crews battling a giant wildfire in the Bordeaux region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Temperatures in Bordeaux are forecast to \u200breach 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, around 7 degrees above the average high between 1961 and 1990, according to the Reuters Climate Monitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The situation we are dealing with today is the most severe we have ever recorded, the \u200ctoughest since the Second World \u2060War,&#8221; President Emmanuel Macron, who flew to the area, said on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fire crews had contained the blaze overnight, but \u2060the situation remained difficult, Nathalie Delattre, Senator for Gironde which covers the city of Bordeaux, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Everything will depend on how the firefighters on the ground get on,&#8221; \u200bshe told \u200bBFM TV on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">France is going through \u200ban unprecedented wildfire season. The \u200carea burned has already surpassed the previous record year of 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Landes area, southwest of Bordeaux, is covered by pine forests, which become highly flammable when dry. The fire has burned down 42,000 hectares so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities have evacuated about 220,000 people, including holidaymakers and local residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the area of Biscarrosse, a town \u200cabout 40 km south, which was hit by \u200banother wildfire last week, the situation has \u200bimproved and some 15,000 evacuated people \u200bwere gradually allowed back home in the town and a \u200ccampsite nearby, the local administration said \u200bon X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;However, (the favourable) \u200bdevelopment does not mean the risk has been eliminated. Flare-ups remain possible, particularly due to weather conditions (wind, drought, etc.),&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Temperatures were set to \u200bincrease in the region \u200cfrom the afternoon and peak at 37 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, \u200bweather office Meteo France said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Yves Herman, Manuel Ausloos, Inti \u200bLandauro, Sarah Meysonnier; Editing by Andrew Heavens)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yves Herman and Janis Laizans BORDEAUX, France, July 28 (Reuters) &#8211; France was bracing for its fourth major heatwave of the year on \u200cTuesday, as soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions across the southwest piled pressure \u200con crews battling a giant wildfire in the Bordeaux region. 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