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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Nicholas Cecil and Luke Reevey

Heatwaves killed 1,000 people in London and South East in May and June, alarming report reveals

Heatwaves have killed hundreds of Londoners so far this year, according to new research.

Experts at Imperial College London, the Met Office, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) estimated there were 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales over the May and June heatwaves.

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