Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows

A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which said on Friday that European countries are seeing temperatures rise at around twice the global average.

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Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows

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