As brutal temperatures force cities from Washington to Philadelphia to cancel public events, Nice's decade-old urban cooling strategy is drawing comparisons from city planners across the Mediterranean.
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From heatwave mortality figures to housing costs and tourism pressure on the Promenade des Anglais, the numbers tell a harder story than the postcards suggest.
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From record heatwave mortality across France to heightened security after the Monaco bombing, the stories dominating European news this week are reshaping daily life along the Côte d'Azur.
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From heatwave death tolls to post-Monaco bomb jitters, Nice's summer of 2026 is testing the city's resilience — and the results are decidedly mixed.
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From chronic heat stress in the Vieux-Nice alleyways to a long-running urban rail dispute, the pressures hitting the city this week did not arrive overnight.
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