历史性干旱，这一状况给全国的饮用水供应系统带来巨大压力。由于干旱天气持续至秋季，部分地区数以万计的居民不得不依赖瓶装水和罐车运水来维持生活。
France’s historic drought is stressing the country’s drinking-water system, forcing tens of thousands of people in some areas to rely on bottled water and tanker truck deliveries as dry conditions linger into autumn.
据法国生态转型部统计，截至9月23日，约有100万人的饮用水供应处于紧张状态。该部发言人称，超过8.3万名民众受到紧急措施的影响：其中约4.7万人依靠罐车运水，约3.3万人则依靠瓶装水供应。
Drinking-water supplies were considered under strain for roughly 1 million people as of Sept. 23, according to France’s Ecological Transition Ministry. More than 83,000 people were affected by emergency measures, including about 47,000 receiving tanker-truck deliveries and roughly 33,000 supplied with bottled water, according to a ministry spokesperson.
此次缺水问题波及法国各地，阿尔卑斯山区、东南部及南部地区受灾最为严重。目前，全国几乎所有省份都实施了用水限制措施。据生态转型部介绍，目前尚未出现任何健康问题，当局也把确保医院、诊所及养老院的正常运转作为首要任务。
Water shortages have affected communities across France, with some of the hardest hit in the Alps and southeast, as well as the south. Water use restrictions are in effect across almost all the country’s departments. No health effects have been reported and authorities have prioritized preventing disruptions at hospitals, medical clinics and care homes, according to the Ecological Transition Ministry.
据法国气象局称，降雨不足的情况自3月起便开始出现，随后在经历创纪录的炎热夏季后愈发严重。9月份的降水量比正常水平低了70%，全国几乎所有地区的土壤湿度都处于十年一遇的低水平。
Rainfall deficits started in March and deepened after an record hot summer, according to government forecaster Météo-France. Precipitation in September was 70% below the norm, with almost the entire country seeing once—in-a-decade levels of soil dryness, French forecasters said.
据彭博新能源财经分析，此次干旱已对法国的能源体系产生连锁影响：河流流量减少导致核电站冷却效率下降，进而迫使核电站大幅削减发电量。报告还指出，水库水位下降及土壤干旱不仅导致农作物减产，还可能使水资源紧张的局面持续到2027年。
France’s drought has already rippled through the country’s energy system, forcing record curtailments of nuclear power as low river flows curbed reactor cooling, according to an analysis from BNEF. Depleted reservoirs and dry soils have reduced crop yields and threaten to prolong water stress into 2027, it added.
此次干旱的影响范围还扩展至整个西欧地区。长期降雨不足致使莱茵河水位在9月份降至历史低点，导致大量船只滞留，这条重要水道的运输成本也随之大幅上升。
The drought extends across western Europe, with long-term rainfall deficits driving the Rhine to a record low in September, stranding vessels and driving up shipping costs along the vital waterway.
据法国气象局预报，本周法国的降雨概率将有所上升，尤其是地中海沿岸地区。预计周二和周三当地将出现雷阵雨，带来强降水及气温下降。根据长期气象模型及法国气象预报员的预测，今年秋末至初冬时节，降雨概率还将进一步增加。
Rainfall chances are set to improve this week in France, especially along the Mediterranean coast, where thunderstorms are forecast to bring heavy downpours and cooler temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Météo-France. Those rain chances are set to improve further later this autumn and early winter, according to long-term weather models and French forecasters.