Heat Killed 50,000 People in European Cities — SkimNews
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- Europe saw an estimated record 50,000 heat deaths in its cities this summer, with scientists attributing two in every three deaths to climate breakdown.
- Malta recorded the highest heat-death rate, alongside Italy and Hungary, while health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbated the toll.
Why it matters: Residents of Malta, Italy and Hungary bore the highest rates, while health issues, loneliness and poverty sharpened the toll. The estimate of 50,000 deaths, with two in every three linked by scientists to climate breakdown, documents both heat’s mortality scale and the social conditions amplifying it.
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