This picture taken on August 23, 2016 shows a boat cruising on the Garonne river in Toulouse, southwestern France. Fourteen departments were placed on a orange alert due to a heat wave, temperatures above 30 degrees have already been reached "on almost all the country", according to Meteo France, which forecast hot weather "at least until Friday". / AFP PHOTO / Rémy GABALDAREMY GABALDA/AFP/Getty Images