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Europe's Worst Heat Wave on Record Kills Thousands, Scientists Blame Climate Change
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Summary
- By July 5, more than 5,600 excess deaths were reported across Europe during a 14-day heat wave; France alone recorded roughly 1,000 excess deaths since June 24.
- France's weather service called it 'more intense' than the deadly 2003 episode that killed about 15,000 there, though two days shorter.
- World Weather Attribution concluded the event was the most severe on record for the region and 'virtually impossible' without human-caused climate change.
- Such extreme heat is now tens to hundreds of times more likely than in 2003, the analysis found.
The question
Human-caused climate change is making deadly European heat waves the new normal.
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