Hundreds besiege French supermarkets in scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave

According to France 24, hundreds of shoppers rushed to supermarkets around Paris on Thursday, desperate to find air conditioning units before the next heatwave. The scene turned chaotic, with shoppers clashing and shouting as they competed for limited supplies of cooling equipment—a reflection of growing anxiety about intense heat across the region.

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