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France's Air Conditioning Failure
The Atlantic
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Saturday, June 27, 2026
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Paris, France
On a recent morning partway through France's historic heat wave, Dhafer Kahri, an air-conditioning technician, let me join him on a house call to an apartment in Paris's 16th arrondissement, where millions of people are suffering through the hottest days of their lives with few options for cooling relief.