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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Nearly 600 heat-related deaths expected in UK heatwave, researchers estimate

A person walking on a path amongst dead grass in Victoria Park, east London. (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Archive)

Nearly 600 people in England and Wales are predicted to die as a result of this week’s heatwave, researchers have found.

Experts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Imperial College London used decades of UK data to predict excess mortality during the hot temperatures from Thursday to Sunday.

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