By CLAIRE MOSES At least 40 people have drowned in France over the last five days as the country endured a scorching heat wave, Sébastien Lecornu, the country’s prime minister, said at an emergency Cabinet meeting Tuesday. Most of the drowning victims were young, many of them teenagers, and swimming in unsupervised areas. Lecornu called the drownings a “tragic scourge.” Marina Ferrari, a minister whose responsibilities include young people, said in an interview on French radio Tuesday that…
