Heat - RKI: Around 9,600 Dead Alone Due to Extremely Hot June Week
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INFOGRAPHY – On 26 June last year, 2,935 people died in France, compared to 1,647 in the previous year. This figure surpasses the record of the most deadly day of the Covid-19 pandemic but remains below the level of the 2003 heat wave.
Nearly 12,000 people in Germany have died from heat-related causes so far this year, most deaths being associated with a wave of heat that affected the country at the end of June, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced Thursday...
The wave at the end of June left more dead than any entire year since 2016. Most were over 75 years old, in a country where hospitals and nursing homes often lack air conditioning.
A merger of 36 organisations calls for more use by the Federal Government for climate and heat protection.
Large heat is dangerous, especially for the elderly and the sick. Some die as a result. The RKI has published statistical surveys on heat-related deaths.The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Saxony-Anhalt has so far estimated 190 heat deaths. According to the RKI estimates, this is significantly more than in every single year since 2020. For example, in the past year there are supposed to have been 50 heat-related deaths between Arendsee and Zeitz,…
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