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		<title>Europe&#8217;s Farm Crisis: Drought Threatens Food Supply</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/08/europe-drought-crisis-food-shortages-2026/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Europe&#8217;s Perfect Storm: How Record Drought and Heat Are Triggering a Food Security Crisis The]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drought: &#8220;A Risk of Cuts in Urban Areas&#8221;&#8230; Are we Going to Run Out of Drinking Water in September?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DRY: As water restrictions affect 62 million people, the issue of drinking water supply becomes]]></description>
		
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		<title>Heatwaves, Wildfires and Drought: How France&#8217;s Summers Are Rapidly Changing</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/08/heatwaves-wildfires-drought-frances-summers-rapidly-changing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Heatwaves, drought and forest fires are becoming an increasingly familiar part of life in France.]]></description>
		
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		<title>An &#8220;Already Historic Drought&#8221; as the Heatwave Returns</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/07/already-historic-drought-heatwave-returns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new heatwave is coming and with it a worsening of the drought which will]]></description>
		
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		<title>Europe Heatwave Sparks Record France Drought Crisis</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/07/france-drought-2026-europe-heatwave-crisis/</link>
					<comments>https://chb44.com/2026/07/france-drought-2026-europe-heatwave-crisis/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Drought Crisis 2026: Europe Faces Extreme Heat Emergency France is experiencing one of the]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drought in the Vosges: Arnica Picking Cancelled Again this Summer</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/06/drought-vosges-arnica-picking-cancelled-summer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, the arnica from the Vosges will not be]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drought: How Occitanie Wants to Preserve Water Resources</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/06/drought-occitanie-wants-preserve-water-resources/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 07:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SOBRIETY: On Thursday, the Occitanie region unveiled a plan to deal with the climate change of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drought in the Grand-Est: Meurthe-et-Moselle and Meuse on Orange Alert for Fires</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/06/drought-grand-est-meurthe-et-moselle-meuse-orange-alert-fires/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DROUGHT: Deprived of rain, the Grand-Est is particularly prone to fires at present. The risk is]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weather in Nice. Why the Drought Continues Despite the Rain and Thunderstorms</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/05/weather-nice-drought-continues-despite-rain-thunderstorms/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 15:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a rainy and stormy extended weekend, the sun returns to Nice and the Côte]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pyrénées-Orientales: A Campsite Evacuated after a New Fire</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/05/pyrenees-orientales-campsite-evacuated-new-fire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 08:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DROUGHT: Threatened by the flames, a nearby housing estate in the Pyrénées-Orientales was also evacuated One]]></description>
		
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