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The flood hit part of France. And the sky has not stopped rumbling, especially in the South. The weather this Wednesday will indeed be dominated by potentially violent thunderstorms, for which five departments of the Mediterranean arc remain placed on orange vigilance, Météo-France fearing very high intensities of rain, hail locally as well as strong gusts of wind. The departments concerned are Hérault, Gard, Vaucluse, Bouches-du-Rhône and Var. In Paris, on the other hand, it will be possible, this Wednesday, to take the metro without having your feet in the water. Public transport traffic had indeed almost returned to normal late Tuesday evening after being temporarily disrupted by thunderstorms described as “very intense” by Météo-France.
According to Joe Biden, “a country can be transformed. This is what is happening today”. The US president signed into law his sweeping climate and health investment plan on Tuesday, bringing his Democratic camp a major political victory less than three months from crucial legislative elections. The largest investment in the United States in the fight against climate change, the text, dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act”, provides for a series of financial incentives intended to move the American economy towards renewable energies, limits the price of certain drugs and creates a minimum corporate tax rate.
His name remains associated with many blockbusters of the 1990s. German director Wolfgang Petersen, particularly known for his films Troy and The never-ending story and for having directed world stars such as Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Harrison Ford or even Brad Pitt, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. The one who had achieved success in 1983 with two Oscar nominations for Das Boota thriller whose plot takes place aboard a submarine during the Second World War, died at his home in Los Angeles in the arms of his wife.