Climate
Overseas territories: drought, drowning in New Caledonia, and deadly shooting in Martinique
On July 24, 2026, French overseas territories face multiple simultaneous crises. Drought grips Futuna, Réunion, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, with seven municipalities in Réunion under water restrictions. In New Caledonia, heavy rainfall triggered deadly flooding: a man drowned in Touho after his vehicle was swept away on a flooded passage. In Martinique, a daytime shooting in the Terres Sainville neighborhood of Fort-de-France killed a man in his twenties, bringing the year's firearm homicide count to 18.