The French Pyrenees-Orientales borders Spain's Catalonia autonomous region.
The region has declared that it is officially in drought.
“We are really in a completely unprecedented situation as we are currently observing levels that we are supposed to observe in July or August," says hydrogeologist Hichem Tachrift.
40 'departments' in France, nearly half the country, are officially at 'alert' or 'vigilance' levels of drought. The Pyrenees-Orientales is the fourth district to declare a 'crisis' drought level.
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