Tempe atu es
exceeded
100
deg ees
Fah e heit
ac oss
la ge
pa ts
of
Spai
a d
Italy
i
late
Ju e
A ou d
16,000
mo e
people
tha
usual
died
ac oss
Eu ope
du i g
a
week
of
ext eme
heat
i
late
Ju e,
acco di g
to
a
epo t
based
o
Eu opea
mo tality
data.
The
sha p
ise
i
deaths
came
as
tempe atu es
su ged
ac oss
much
of
the
co ti e t.Acco di g
to
The
Eu opea
Mo tality
Mo ito i g
Netwo k
(Eu oMOMO)
epo t
cited
by
New
Yo k
Times,
most
of
the
excess
deaths
we e
eco ded
i
o the
Eu ope,
pa ticula ly
F a ce,
Belgium
a d
Ge ma y,
whe e
populatio s
a e
less
accustomed
to
p olo ged
ext eme
heat.
These
cou t ies
a e
ge e ally
less
accustomed
to
ext eme
heat
tha
southe
Eu ope
a d
have
fewe
systems
i
place
to
cope
with
p olo ged
high
tempe atu es.Tempe atu es
exceeded
100
deg ees
Fah e heit
ac oss
la ge
pa ts
of
Spai
a d
Italy
i
late
Ju e.
Howeve ,
the
sha pest
i c ease
i
deaths
was
eco ded
i
o th-weste
Eu ope,
whe e
tempe atu es
we e
fa
above
seaso al
o ms.The
scale
of
the
mo tality
spike
stood
out
agai st
the
usual
patte
i
Eu ope,
whe e
excess
deaths
a e
mo e
commo ly
eco ded
du i g
wi te
because
of
espi ato y
ill esses.
The
NYT
epo ted
that
the
umbe
of
excess
deaths
du i g
the
Ju e
heatwave
exceeded
that
see
i
a y
si gle
week
of
the
p evious
wi te .
The
episode
came
as
Eu ope
co ti ued
to
face
a othe
ou d
of
ext eme
heat
i
August.
Mea while,
B ussels
eco ded
its
hottest
day
o
eco d
o
August
14,
eachi g
35.9C,
Belgium’s
IRM
weathe
age cy
said,
acco di g
to
AFP.
The
a eas
home
to
at
least
150
millio
people
expe ie ced
tempe atu es
above
35
deg ees
celsius
that
day.The
heat
has
also
fueled
multiple
wildfi es.
A
majo
wildfi e
i
weste
Ge ma y
that
fo ced
thousa ds
of
people
to
evacuate
was
b ought
u de
co t ol
o
Satu day,
although
eside ts
emai ed
u able
to
etu
home,
local
autho ities
said.The
New
Yo k
Times
epo ted
that
Ju e
e ded
as
weste
Eu ope’s
hottest
Ju e
o
eco d.
Resea che s
use
excess
deaths,
the
umbe
of
deaths
above
what
would
o mally
be
expected
based
o
histo ical
patte s,
to
assess
the
health
impact
of
ext eme
tempe atu es.Ea lie ,
Reute s
epo ted
i
July
that
the
heatwave
dis upted
powe
supplies,
fo ced
school
closu es
a d
b oke
tempe atu e
eco ds
i
F a ce,
Spai
a d
the
UK.
Eu o
MOMO
does
ot
publish
cou t y-level
excess
mo tality
figu es,
but
said
F a ce
a d
Belgium
we e
the
o ly
Eu opea
cou t ies
to
eco d
“ve y
high
excess”
mo tality
i
the
fi al
week
of
Ju e.Belgium
eco ded
its
highest
excess
mo tality
du i g
a y
heatwave
si ce
eco ds
bega
i
2000,
acco di g
to
the
cou t y’s
public
health
i stitute
Scie sa o.A
p evious
majo
heatwave
i
2022
was
associated
with
just
ove
16,000
excess
deaths
i
Eu ope
i
o e
week,
acco di g
to
Eu opea
Mo tality
Mo ito i g
Netwo k
data.
The
diffe e ce
was
that
the
most
seve e
tempe atu es
i
2022
we e
co ce t ated
i
southe
Eu ope.With
heatwaves
becomi g
mo e
f eque t
a d
i te se,
the
latest
mo tality
figu es
a e
aisi g
questio s
about
how
cou t ies
ca
bette
p otect
populatio s
as
ext eme
tempe atu es
become
mo e
commo .