Crops in the French region of Normandy are under threat from the latest heatwave. A combination of high soil temperatures with hot winds can see crops wither in hours – dubbed the ‘hairdryer effect’ – it now threatens the region’s food production. FRANCE 24’s Daniel Quinlan reports.
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