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France recorded around 1000 additional deaths as extreme heat broke European temperature records
NDTV··29 Jun
NDTV reported June 28 Public Health France said daily deaths surged past 1400 on Thursday and Friday versus 900-1000 normal rate in spring. 85 percent of fatalities were aged 65 plus with sharpest rises in red-alert heat zones and Paris region homes.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Extreme heat is a major public health crisis.
- Elderly face highest mortality risk.
- Climate change is intensifying European heatwaves.
What's Happening
- France reported about 1000 excess deaths.
- European temperature records were broken.
- WHO linked 1300 deaths continent-wide.
Climate Context
- Heatwave peaked last week.
- Most victims were over 65.
- 2003 heatwave killed 15000 in France.
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