Schools Close Early in Paris as Heatwave Turns City into ‘Zombie’ Zone
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PARIS. Thousands of schools in Paris are being forced to close two weeks before the summer break, as extreme heat creates health risks for teachers and students. Leading politicians admit they have not taken climate change seriously enough. As temperatures hit 38 degrees Celsius, the city’s residents struggle to function. “When the sun goes down, we wander like zombies through the too-few parks in Paris,” one local said. At 38 degrees, the human body stops working normally.