Brutal heatwave in France is killing 2,000 people per week, undertakers are overwhelmed, and health agency says there’s worse to come
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Funeral service directors have said they’ve struggled to find places to store bodies before burial or cremation, with some saying they had to turn bodies away.
European Heat Wave Deaths Surge
- Deaths in France spiked 29% amid record heat wave, health agency says Global News —
- France records 2,025 excess deaths from heatwave, but data remains incomplete Le Monde —
- France records 2,025 deaths amid record-breaking heatwave, toll may rise further Times Of India —
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