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'Silent Killer' Heatwave Thought to Have Left at Least 9 Dead in Europe
- At least nine people in Europe have died this week during a 'silent killer' heatwave baking the continent.
- The heatwave has led to an increase in hospitalizations, with some regions seeing up to a 20% increase compared to the national average.
- Experts warn that climate change is making heatwaves more frequent, intense, and widespread, posing a significant threat to human health.
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Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022
Over 70,000 excess deaths occurred in Europe during the summer of 2003. The resulting societal awareness led to the design and implementation of adaptation strategies to protect at-risk populations. We aimed to quantify heat-related mortality burden during the summer of 2022, the hottest season on record in Europe. We analyzed the Eurostat mortality database, which includes 45,184,044 counts of death from 823 contiguous regions in 35 European co…
'Silent killer' heatwave thought to have left at least 9 dead in Europe
Scientists call heatwaves "silent killers" because of the thousands of lives they claim a year. In Italy, at least five people have died in the continent's ongoing heatwave, and A&E admissions are up 10-20% in some parts.
Roundup: Heatwaves, drought grip Europe, fueling calls for global action
BUCHAREST, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Extreme heat and worsening drought conditions are gripping large parts of Europe, fueling wildfires and prompting urgent weather alerts across multiple countries. Read full story
Shafaq News – Europe Eight people died on Wednesday, including four in Spain, two in France, and two in Italy, as much of Europe continued to experience a heatwave, triggering health warnings, wildfires, and the shutdown of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant. Spanish officials said a wildfire in Catalonia killed two people the day before, and authorities also reported heatwave-related deaths in Extremadura and Cordoba. The French energy mi…
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