Bordeaux, Feb 24, 2026 (AFP) - Nearly 30C in southwest France as Feb heat records broken

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After a long stretch of wintry weather, temperatures shot to around 30C in southwest France on Tuesday, smashing February heat records, the national weather service said. In the southern town of Orthez, temperatures peaked at 28.3C -- its hottest reading for February on record. "In the southwest, the mild weather has turned into outright spring heat, with temperatures worthy of May," Meteo France noted. "Temperatures, already high for this sea......

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