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It has been thirteen years since the Drôme had experienced such temperatures for the month of May. Sunday morning May 22, on a market in Nyons, the mercury already shows 32 degrees. Everyone has their own technique for dealing with the heat. Many have taken refuge near the river, where the shade is coveted and the freshness of the water much appreciated. The heat wave should end soon, thunderstorms are expected in the evening.

Anger rumbles in the emergency room of La Timone, in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), where up to 250 patients are seen every day, for only sixteen emergency doctors. It would take twice that. “We are afraid of missing something, of killing people”, says a doctor. A tension that worries two months before the summer holidays. 120 emergency services in France are already forced to limit their activities.

In Isère, only a few charred debris testify to the crash that occurred on Saturday May 21. A passenger plane crashed in a clearing. Five people were on board the plane. Among the victims, a grandmother and her two grandchildren. The accident took place shortly after takeoff.