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France to see temperatures plunge by up to 15C in 48 hours
Cooler weather is forecast from Friday, just as the Toussaint holidays begin
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French weekly weather forecast October 12 - 16: unusually warm until Friday
30C expected in the south-west with conditions more typical of June than mid-October
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Thousands of Dordogne residents to receive mobile phone alert
The test will simulate a violent winds warning
Mushroom bonanza for warm wet spring
Rain and warm weather have meant a bonus for mushroom hunters with normal edible autumn fungi such as cèpes or Amanite des Césars being found in June.
In Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette, Loire, a football-sized vesse-de-loup puffball was found that weighed 2kg!