{"id":357797,"date":"2026-06-28T20:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=357797"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:04:40","slug":"excess-deaths-in-europe-heatwave-hit-1300-after-temperatures-push-past-40c-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/excess-deaths-in-europe-heatwave-hit-1300-after-temperatures-push-past-40c-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Excess deaths in Europe heatwave hit 1,300 after temperatures push past 40\u00b0C | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A queue for water beside Rome\u2019s Colosseum (Picture: Isabella Bonotto\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The variety of excess deaths within the heatwave sweeping across mainland Europe has reached 1,300 in response to the World Health Organisation.<\/p>\n

WHO boss Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the figure was calculated from last Sunday, when abnormally high temperatures began to be recorded in countries including France, Germany and Italy.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, he wrote: \u2018Immediately 150 million individuals are living under extreme heat, a whole lot have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.<\/p>\n

\u2018Driven by climate change and global warming, the phenomenon of the \u201conce-in-a-generation\u201d heatwave is now occurring nearly annual.\u2019<\/p>\n

In France, around 36,000 homes are without power following heatwave-related storms \u2013 which led to the Eiffel Tower being struck by lightning and golf ball-sized hail stripping tiles from roofs.<\/p>\n

Further storms are expected to hit the country tonight.<\/p>\n

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The Eiffel Tower is struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm over Paris (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Italy is hitting the height of its heatwave today with temperatures expected to approach 40\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

News agency Ansa reported an 82-year-old tourist had died on a beach in Marina di Grosseto, on the Tuscany coast.<\/p>\n

Germany, Denmark and Czechia have preliminarily beaten their all-time temperature records, while France and Switzerland have beaten their record heat for June.<\/p>\n

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People in Naples, Italy, took to the Mediterranean to chill down (Picture: Iso Ekle\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The intense heat is coming to an end for the UK, with temperatures in areas like London expected to fall below 20\u00b0C tonight for the primary time in several days.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the respite comes after the British record for June heat was broken three days in a row, hitting 37.3\u00b0C in Santon Downham on Friday.<\/p>\n

Dr Ghebreyesus warned in his post on X that \u2018European homes, workplaces and schools weren’t built for these temperatures\u2019.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018WHO is working with its Member States and partners to handle the health threats posed by extreme heat through specializing in preparedness, prevention and stronger health system responses.\u2019<\/p>\n

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