Europe's killer heat this summer claims record 50,000 lives, study suggests

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Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
That's 71 per cent higher than the previous deadliest summer, w

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Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
That's 71 per cent higher than the previous deadliest summer, w

Sources: CBC