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Tens of thousands of households in France without power due to heat

Tens of thousands of households in France without power due to heat

Tens of thousands of households in western France are experiencing power outages as a result of an intense heatwave affecting the country. In the Finistère department, approximately 68,000 homes lost electricity after extreme temperatures caused failures in the electrical grid.

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