On Sept. 4 local time Météo‑France said France was experiencing a rare September heat spell, with temperatures again approaching 40°C. Météo‑France forecast 36-39°C along the Mediterranean coast and 35-37°C in the southeast.

Early on Sept 5 the Russian Defence Ministry said Russian forces used land-based high‑precision weapons and long‑range strike drones in cluster attacks across Ukraine. In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast they struck metallurgical plants supplying the defence industry, naming the Dnipropetrovsk metallurgical plant and the “Dnipro” plant — described as Ukraine’s largest military metal supplier. In Mykolaiv city and Mykolaiv Oblast they hit a logistics centre storing military supplies and the Mykolaivskaya substation. In Odesa Oblast they struck a logistics centre storing military materiel, and at Chornomorsk port they struck a dry‑cargo vessel loaded with Ukrainian weapons and military materiel.

Heavy rains have caused flooding in parts of Jiangxi, including Nanchang and Ji'an. On Sept. 5 the National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management activated a national level-4 disaster emergency response. Citing the national natural disaster relief emergency plan and provincial damage assessments, the National Development and Reform Commission urgently allocated 20 mln yuan of central budget investment to support Jiangxi’s post-flood emergency restoration, prioritizing repairs to damaged roads and water-conservancy infrastructure and emergency reconstruction of schools, hospitals and other public-service facilities to restore normal production and living order.