Europe’s heatwave linked to 1 300 deaths
Europe’s unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme heat continued to move east. In a post on […] The post Europe’s heatwave linked to 1 300 deaths appeared first on The Namibian .
Europe’s unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme heat continued to move east.
In a post on X, WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus says more than 1 300 excess deaths had been recorded since 21 June “linked to high temperatures in Europe”.
