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Extreme heat across Western Europe has caused at least 3,700 excess deaths in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands combined. The death toll continues to rise as temperatures remain dangerously high across the region.
Extreme heat across Western Europe has caused at least 3,700 excess deaths in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands combined. The death toll is still rising as temperatures remain dangerously high. The scale—3,700 people in three countries—shows the lethality of sustained extreme heat.
Heat deaths are cumulative and often invisible—they appear as heart attacks, organ failure, and complications in elderly populations. Three thousand seven hundred excess deaths in a few weeks indicates heat stress that overwhelmed medical systems and homes without adequate cooling. The ongoing danger suggests the final toll will be higher.
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