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Senior-Government-87 t1_j9g9qij wrote

So the Sahara moved apparently

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[deleted] t1_j9grsj3 wrote

I mean it may not be wrong. Sahara was full of grass at one point. And again and again

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SmileHappyFriend t1_j9g816g wrote

When I went over in the summer and it was bone dry then. France better hope for an extremely wet spring.

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autotldr t1_j9fysuv wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)

> France has matched its record dry spell of 31 days without significant rainfall, the country's weather service said Tuesday, amid concerns over water reserves in parts of Europe still reeling from last year's severe drought.

> With rainfall over the entire country of less than one millimetre a day since 21 January, weather service Meteo France said the absence of precipitation equals the record set in spring 2020.

> The previous record for a winter dry spell in France was 22 days in 1989.

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x218 t1_j9g6g12 wrote

Less than 1mm in the entire country? wow that's pretty crazy, especially considering how big France is

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Hyp3rax t1_j9fypi0 wrote

France, baise ouais !

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RealTobyTurnerMP t1_j9i7gbz wrote

It's raining outside my satellite office in Lyon, France right now. Guess the dry spell is over.

France has an extensive system of reservoirs and canals, hopefully 31 days won't have harmed crops.

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atchijov t1_j9iwi87 wrote

Don’t get your hopes high… and get ready for wine prices to double :(

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