1,700 people were killed by the June heatwave in Belgium.
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1,700 people were killed by the June heatwave in Belgium. Massive overload in hospital emergency rooms, 19,000 calls to the emergency number 112 in a day. Many brought to hospitals with heat stroke, body temperatures of 42°C.
#climate #climatechange #extremeweather.
https://www.standaard.be/binnenland/hulpverleners-reconstrueren-het-fatale-hitteweekend-we-vonden-mensen-dood-in-de-zetel-op-een-stoel-of-in-bed/158560182.html -
1,700 people were killed by the June heatwave in Belgium. Massive overload in hospital emergency rooms, 19,000 calls to the emergency number 112 in a day. Many brought to hospitals with heat stroke, body temperatures of 42°C.
#climate #climatechange #extremeweather.
https://www.standaard.be/binnenland/hulpverleners-reconstrueren-het-fatale-hitteweekend-we-vonden-mensen-dood-in-de-zetel-op-een-stoel-of-in-bed/158560182.html480 killed in the same heatwave in the Netherlands, according to a preliminary estimate. https://www.rivm.nl/nieuws/voorlopige-eerste-schatting-laat-verhoogde-sterfte-zien-tijdens-hittegolf-in-juni
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480 killed in the same heatwave in the Netherlands, according to a preliminary estimate. https://www.rivm.nl/nieuws/voorlopige-eerste-schatting-laat-verhoogde-sterfte-zien-tijdens-hittegolf-in-juni
France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather
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France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ry307rxqroSpain records more than 1,000 excess deaths due to June heatwave
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260701-spain-records-more-than-1-000-excess-deaths-due-to-june-heatwave -
Spain records more than 1,000 excess deaths due to June heatwave
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260701-spain-records-more-than-1-000-excess-deaths-due-to-june-heatwave6,800 excess deaths in Germany in the 22-28 June heatwave. https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Sterbefaelle-Lebenserwartung/sterbefallzahlen.html
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6,800 excess deaths in Germany in the 22-28 June heatwave. https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Sterbefaelle-Lebenserwartung/sterbefallzahlen.html
So over 12,000 people were killed in a one-week heatwave last month, just in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, and Germany!
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