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"With Europe heating up twice as fast as the global average, the Spain-based
researchers suggested an emergency alert system could help warn vulnerable
people — particularly the elderly — ahead of dangerous heatwaves.
"Europe experienced an exceptionally deadly summer in 2024 with more than
60,000 heat-related deaths, bringing the total burden over the past three
summers to more than 181,000," said the study in the journal
Nature Medicine.
The researchers at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) reached
this figure by analysing mortality data in regions across 32 European countries
that covered a population of 539 million.
The death toll during last year's summer — which was the hottest in recorded
history for both Europe and the world — was estimated to be 62,775.
This was nearly 25 percent higher than the 50,798 estimated for 2023's summer,
according to the study's newly revised figures. It remained below 2022's toll
of 67,873."
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