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Elisabeth Borne activates the interministerial crisis unit in the face of the “historic” drought
Dried soils, drop in rivers, restrictions… Faced with an “exceptional drought” and a “historic situation that many territories are going through”, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne decided to activate the interministerial crisis unit, announced this Matignon Friday. It will meet during the day, according to a government source. “This drought is the most serious ever recorded in our country” and “the weather forecasts suggest that the situation could continue over the next 15 days, or even become even more worrying”, underlines Matignon.
Resumption of two fires in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence which covered more than 800 hectares
The fight resumes. The firefighters fought Thursday evening two fires yet fixed in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, which resumed Wednesday and Thursday, totaling more than 800 hectares of forest covered, we learned Thursday evening from the prefecture. The village of Niozelles, near Forcalquier, preventively evacuated on Tuesday due to the fire – which however did not threaten the homes – suffered a resumption of fire on Thursday, according to a press release from the prefecture. 80 kilometers to the east, in the town of Rougon, another fire started on July 26 covered more than 600 hectares “after a resumption yesterday around 1:00 p.m.”, also informed the prefecture. Some 400 people had to be evacuated on July 27 from a campsite in Castellane in the face of the progression of this fire in the town of Rougon, a village perched on the heights of the Verdon Regional Natural Park.
Lyon kicks off the return to Ligue 1
Notice to supporters, the time for recovery has come. The French football championship (Ligue 1) resumes its rights this Friday and will end on June 4, 2023 during a season made atypical by the World Cup in Qatar, disputed this fall and which will put the French Championship at the shutdown for six weeks. The start of the 2022-2023 financial year sticks to the usual standards. For example, the 2021-2022 vintage was inaugurated with Monaco-Nantes on August 6th. The start of the 2022-2023 season will be given by the Lyonnais at Parc OL against a promoted side, AC Ajaccio. This first meeting of a Championship promises to be perilous, with exceptionally four runs in the second division. On the European side, the Bundesliga starts strong this Friday with in particular the clash Bayern Munich-Eintracht Frankfurt between two clubs qualified for the Champions League, before a promising Manchester City-West Ham Sunday at the end of the first day of the Championship English.