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PHOTOS: Cars submerged as violent storms hit France - alerts continue
Rain is set to fall across all of country this week, with more than 100mm in some areas
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Temperatures of 30C in south-west France before Sunday storms
Several areas to face storms in a precursor to heavy rain next week
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Sunny skies and warm temperatures to return to France after storms
Up to 28C expected in some areas for this week’s double bank holidays. It follows weekend storms, which brought damage to the south-west in particular
Time change
With the yearly debate about changing the clocks coming round again, a question I have asked for many years is: why, if it is done for daylight-saving, they change back in late October, two months before the shortest day, but don’t go forward until three months after (late March).
Can someone explain why?
Robert Rogers, by email
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