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Evening Standard
Clara Margotin

More than 1,000 people died from heat in England in 2024, figures show

More than 1,000 people died due to heat last year (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than a thousand people died due to the heat in England last summer, new figures show.

The higher-than-anticipated number of deaths came despite relatively cooler conditions, which prompted only yellow heat-health alerts, the lowest level of warning, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

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