Europe death toll tops 10,000 during late-June heatwave; scientists blame human-caused climate change
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/132354821.cms" style="margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 5px;" />Europe recorded over ten thousand excess deaths during a late June heatwave.
Older populations, aged sixty-five and above, were most severely impacted by the extreme heat.
Scientists link this heatwave's intensity and frequency to human-caused climate change.
France and Belgium reported very high excess mortality during the final week of June.
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