Heatwave: For the homeless, the heat “adds problems to everything else”
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During this heatwave, outreach efforts to the homeless have been stepped up in Paris. (Illustration: Homeless people lying on mattresses next to bottles of water distributed during a outreach effort by Paris City Hall, July 19, 2022) CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP
In Paris, outreach efforts to the homeless are stepped up during heatwaves. The city's Homeless Assistance Unit was mobilized on Tuesday, July 1st, at the height of the heatwave that hit France. Its agents are distributing water bottles and attempting to direct homeless people to places where they can cool off.
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I subscribeCould you imagine a more hellish place on a heatwave red alert day in Paris? It's a tiny grassy embankment, littered with broken glass and soda cans, wedged against an entrance ramp to Paris's northern ring road. On the early afternoon of Tuesday, July 1st, it's 38°C in the capital. And traffic pollution adds to the extreme heat. This is where several dozen homeless people live. In the crack of a tent, a man can be seen lying down. His T-shirt is soaked, and his face betrays exhaustion.
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