‘Worst on record’: Brutal summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 in Europe’s cities
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across Europe’s cities during the brutal heat waves that roiled The summer of 2026 is likely to be the worst on record for heat-related mortality across Europe, according to a new analysis. Over 50,000 people are estimated to have died across Europe's cities due to heat exhaustion, according the study. About two-thirds of these deaths were directly attributed to climate change, driven by fossil fuel pollution. The findings were published in the journal Nature Health. The death toll is the highest for 26 years and substantially higher than those of previous major European heat waves in 2022 and 2003. The study also found that climate change is becoming more prominent in heat deaths, with fossil fuel poll accounting for about 40% of earlier this century's deaths. The report concludes that this summer was the most dangerously hot summer Europe has experienced to date.
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(CNN) — More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across Europe’s cities during the brutal heat waves that roiled the continent this summer — making this year’s heat the region’s deadliest on... [4196 symbols]
