🇺🇸 영어 원문
France has seen 301 drownings since 19 June, a government minister has said, linking the sharp rise in deaths compared to last year to prolonged heatwaves.
Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari told France Inter radio that the number of deaths, which is 14% higher than in 2025, is a “tragic toll”.
France, Spain and Italy have been hit by heatwaves, which have triggered massive wildfires that scorched thousands of hectares of land.
Ferrari said people have been taking risks by going into the water, adding: “Many deadly accidents have occurred in areas that are not authorised or supervised for swimming.”
She said a number of the drownings were recorded in “open water, in canals for example”.
Ferrari said the government was working with regional authorities “to improve swimming areas and make things safer”.
Speaking on Friday, she added that “many drownings, particularly among the elderly, occurred in individual pools”.
The minister said that sudden immersion in cold water on a hot day could cause shock, and in some cases “people can also exceed their physical capabilities”.
In June, Ferrari warned that too many people were trying to cool off in rivers and canals without necessarily taking the risks into account.
Climate change is driving up temperatures around the world, but particularly in Europe. It is the fastest warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.
The dry conditions also saw wildfires spread across France, with the Gironde, around the city of Bordeaux, in the south-west of the country being the worst affected area. More than 200,000 people were forced from their homes in late July.
France has logged 7,300 excess deaths between late May and 22 July, according to provisional figures from public health authorities.
🇰🇷 한국어 요약
프랑스 정부는 6월 19일 이후 총 301명의 익사자가 발생했다고 밝혔습니다. 이는 지난해보다 14% 늘어난 수치로, 지속적인 폭염과 큰 관련이 있다고 설명했습니다. 스포츠·청소년 장관 마리나 페라리는 이 같은 사망 증가를 “비극적 피해”라고 표현했습니다. 프랑스뿐 아니라 스페인, 이탈리아도 폭염에 시달렸고, 이로 인해 대규모 산불까지 발생했습니다. 장관은 많은 사람이 위험을 제대로 인식하지 못한 채 물속에 들어갔다고 지적했습니다. 특히 허가되지 않았거나 감시가 없는 장소, 운하나 하천, 개인 풀에서 익사 사고가 자주 일어났다고 말했습니다. 무더운 날 갑자기 찬물에 들어갔다면 몸이 쇼크에 빠질 수 있고, 체력 한계를 넘어서는 경우도 있다고 경고했습니다. 유럽은 전 세계 평균보다 두 배 빠른 속도로 온도가 오르는 가장 빠르게 달궈지는 대륙이라고도 했습니다. 가뭄은 프랑스에서 산불 확산을 부추겼고, 보르도 인근 기롱드 지역에서는 7월 말 20만 명 이상이 집을 떠나야 했습니다. 또한 5월 말부터 7월 22일까지 약 7,300명의 초과 사망자가 발생한 것으로 잠정 집계되었습니다. 이 기사는 폭염이 개인의 안전뿐 아니라 사회 전체에 어떤 영향을 줄 수 있는지 보여주는 중요한 사회·과학 뉴스입니다.
🔑 핵심 단어 (Vocabulary)
- drowning – 익사, 물에 빠짐 – France has seen 301 drownings since 19 June.
- heatwave – 폭염, 극심한 더위 – linking the sharp rise in deaths compared to last year to prolonged heatwaves.
- minister – 장관 – Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari told France Inter radio…
- toll – 피해, 사망자 수 – Ferrari described the number of deaths as a tragic toll.
- authorised – 허가된, 승인된 – Many deadly accidents have occurred in areas that are not authorised or supervised for swimming.
- canals – 운하, 수로 – a number of the drownings were recorded in open water, in canals for example.
- immersion – 몸을 담그는 것, 잠수 – sudden immersion in cold water on a hot day could cause shock.
- shock – 쇼크, 충격 – sudden immersion in cold water on a hot day could cause shock.
- wildfires – 산불, 야생화 화재 – France, Spain and Italy have been hit by heatwaves, which have triggered massive wildfires.
- excess deaths – 초과 사망, 평소보다 늘어난 사망자 – France has logged 7,300 excess deaths between late May and 22 July.
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