France could be on verge of water crisis, minister warns BBC News

France could be on the verge of a water crisis for next summer following an ongoing winter drought, a government minister has warned. Parts of the country have had little or no rain in recent weeks and water levels have dropped alarmingly. Bérangère Couillard, a French junior environment minister, said the government was in process of acting upon the situation. Last year was France s hottest year on record, according to national weather agency MétéoFrance. Records were also broken elsewhere in Europe in the UK, Spain and Italy. Please subscribe HERE , France, BBCNews