Europe’s record-breaking heat last year has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths, after extreme temperatures reached “highly vulnerable” parts of the continent.
New research estimates a staggering 62,775 heat-related deaths occurred in Europe between 1 June and 30 September, 2024 - a 23.6 per cent spike compared to the previous summer. The summer of 2024 was Europe’s hottest on record, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Service.
