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While France is going through a new episode of heat, the fourth since the start of the summer, customers are deserting restaurants. The owners blame the blow.
The heat returns suffocatingThursday August 11, with the progression of a new heatwave episode. 18 departments are now placed in orange vigilance by Météo France, from the west side of Finistère to Atlantic Pyrenees. Temperatures, once again, approach 40°C in the afternoon. As a result, in town, the terraces are deserted during the day and fill up late at night. All of France is learning to live on Spanish time.
Place Bellecour, in Lyon (Rhone)the heart of The city is overheating. Thus, when restaurant terraces are not in the shade, they are sparse. “We can give up because it’s too exposed”explains a passerby. A cafe owner, meanwhile, blames the blow: “We were on around 80 covers per day and now we are more on 30 at best.“ To combat the heat, some restaurateurs have invested in misters. The temperature, meanwhile, should not drop before Sunday and the arrival of a stormy episode.
