In the summer of 2026, more than 50,000 people lost their lives in Europe because of abnormal heat.
Globalinfo.az reports that researchers from the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London have released the data.
It was reported that heat-related excess deaths were recorded in 854 European cities with a combined population of about 173 million:
“Excess mortality means the difference between the actual number of deaths and the expected number of deaths. Those most affected by the heat were people over the age of 85. In Malta, Italy, Hungary and Croatia, heat-related mortality rates were recorded at higher levels.”
Earlier, scientists from the Climate Impact Lab at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley warned that extreme heat linked to a strong El Niño event could cause the deaths of about 451,000 people worldwide over the following six months.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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