PARIS: France’s extreme heat has killed hundreds of thousands of poultry, overwhelming carcass collection services and prompting authorities to consider on-farm burial in the country’s top two poultry-producing regions, agricultural bodies said. The losses come as Western Europe is gripped by a deadly, record-setting heatwave that has killed dozens of people, closed schools, knocked out electricity and forced farmers to harvest grain at night, with France hitting 44.3 degrees Celsius (111.7 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday and the extreme temperatures set to persist over the coming days.

France records heat-related deaths, nations close schools and cancel trains, and wildlife shelters struggle to cope.

PARIS (AP) — France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering in a heat wave combining daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees…

Authorities said at least 48 people have died as a result of the heatwave in France