leucate
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Roots laid bare on the limestone plateau of Leucate
Since 2025, the trees in the Aude region of France have paid a high price for extreme weather and climate events. The other day, we followed an unexplored track on the plateau of Leucate in order to leave the main road where everyone else was walking. The path was easy to follow until we came upon an obstacle in the form of an uprooted tree lying stretched out on its side as if it had fallen into a deep sleep, thrown down by Storm Nils on 12 February 2026. More than two months later, none had dared awaken the sleeping giant.
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Eye-awful wildfire in France
I was at the beach in Leucate for a family afternoon when at around 4pm the sky began to change colour. Darker and darker, first taking the heat off the sun but in the space of less than an hour then stealing the light. It reminded me of a solar eclipse. People were still at the beach but the sky was no longer blue.
