PARIS (Reuters) - France saw a temperatures rise to record levels for the third time in a same day on Friday as a sweltering heatwave engulfed much of southern and central Europe, French state weather agency Meteo France said.
In Gallargues-le-Montueux, near Nimes, in Southern France, temperatures rose to a record 45.8 degrees Celsius (114.44 Fahrenheit) mid-afternoon.
Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Geert De Clercq
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