Pyrénées-Orientales

American

[pee-rey-ney-zaw-ree-ahn-tal] / pi reɪˈneɪ zɔ ri ɑ̃ˈtal /

noun

a department in S France. 1,600 sq. mi. (4,145 sq. km). Perpignan.

Pyrénées-Orientales British

/ pirenezɔrjɑ̃tal /

noun

a department of S France, in Languedoc-Roussillon region. Capital: Perpignan. Pop: 411 447 (2003 est). Area: 4144 sq km (1616 sq miles)

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The blaze tore through a tourist area in the Pyrenees-Orientales region near the Spanish border, which was vulnerable due to "intense heat, dryness and tumultuous winds of up to 180km/h", authorities said.

From Reuters

The Pyrénées-Orientales is a department that has not known a full day of rain in over a year.

From BBC

The Pyrénées-Orientales will become the fourth district where the drought is officially at "crisis" level.

From BBC

France's Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu said that Pyrénées-Orientales, which borders Spanish Catalonia, will be officially declared at drought "crisis" level from 10 May.

From BBC

However, the soils, which were already dry at the end of February, dried up further in southeastern part of the country and reached record low moisture values in surface soils in the southwestern Aude and Pyrenees-Orientales regions, it said.

From Reuters

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