Europe's heatwave 'linked to 1,300 deaths' as more records broken
- 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 Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 1,30
- There have been more than 1,300 excess deaths across Europe since 21 June as an unprecedented heatwave continued to push temperatures to record highs, the head of the World Health Organisation said.
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- 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 Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 1,30
- There have been more than 1,300 excess deaths across Europe since 21 June as an unprecedented heatwave continued to push temperatures to record highs, the head of the World Health Organisation said.
Sources: BBC News, The Independent