After the driest spring in decades and the hottest in a century, France faces a severe drought.

Ecological minister Hervé Brulé tells France 24: "This is much worse than anything on record," he said. "Of course the weather might change as we go into the second half of the year, but so far we have had less spring rain than in 1976.”

France is imposing water restrictions across most of the country, forbidding people from watering their gardens or filling up their swimming pools on certain days.

France is the EU's biggest producer of wheat.

Meanwhile there is a severe drought in China, wildfire worries again in Russia and flooding in the U.S.