Fact of the day

France has recorded 301 drownings since 19 June, a 14% rise on 2025, and a government minister has linked the increase to prolonged heatwaves pushing people into unsupervised water; sudden immersion in cold water on a hot day can cause shock.

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⚠What it shows: Reported by BBC News (science & environment) and not verified by us: we could not trace this story to a published paper, so treat it as news rather than evidence we have checked.