| Reuters: PARIS - France could face a record drought in 2006 after a 50 percent drop in autumn rainfall in some areas and three consecutive dry years, the environment minister said on Thursday. "This could be a very difficult year, and perhaps a record in terms of drought," Nelly Olin told a news conference. She said that after the heatwave in 2003, a dry 2004/2005 winter and low rainfall in the 2005 autumn, the water table was now seriously low. "Even if it rains ... |
