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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Neve Dawson and Emily Beament

Mapped: The European countries with the most heat-related deaths in 2026

A study on heat-related deaths in Europe has revealed the hardest hit areas following the continent’s deadliest summer on record.

Researchers from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have estimated heat deaths in 854 urban areas – accounting for roughly 40 per cent of the population in the EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland – using modelling that has previously produced results consistent with official figures.

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