The World Health Organization (WHO) reported, this Sunday (28), that more than 1,300 additional deaths have been recorded in Europe since June 21attributed to unprecedented heat wave that ravages much of the continent.
due to a heat wave that began at the beginning of the week in western countries and is now moving east.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on X that “right now, 150 million people are living in extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are closed and power grids are collapsing.”
Tedros added that “more than 1,300 additional deaths have been recorded since June 21 related to high temperatures in Europe.”
“Heat stress is often called the ‘silent killer,’ and European homes, workplaces and schools are not built to withstand these temperatures,” he stated.
More deaths
Already Francehealth authorities announced this Sunday that, since June 24, there has been about 1,000 more deaths than normal.
The French national public health agency specified that the outbreak mainly affects people over 65 and highlighted a 40% increase in deaths at home.
The head of the emergency department at Pompidou Hospital, one of the main hospitals in Paris, Philippe Juvin, declared this Sunday that the number of victims is likely to be “very, very serious”.
To Europe, at least 191 million people face at least 35°C this Sundaywith particularly high temperatures in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, according to AFP projections.
A Czech Republic recorded another record this Sunday, reaching 41,1°C in Doksany, north of Prague, the local meteorological institute (CHMI) reported, after the city recorded a record 40.6°C on Saturday (27).
Meanwhile, the Germany registered a record for the second day in a rowof 41,7°Caccording to provisional data from the German Meteorological Service (DWD). On Saturday, the country recorded 41.5°C in Drewitz, in the east.
