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Heat-triggered deaths: 61K, Europe

mercredi 12 juillet 2023 à 15:02

*Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds.*

This is surely just a small fraction of the people killed in 2022 by the increasing heat of global heating. People die from heat on every hot day, even normal summer days, and as normal summer days get hotter, more people die from the heat.

Global heating kills people in indirect ways, including due to food shortages caused by floods and droughts. I'd expect it to be millions per year. Can anyone find a plausible estimate?