Heat wave linked to more than 5,000 deaths in Germany, RKI says
The Robert Koch Institute said about 4,270 of the deaths were people 75 and older, underscoring the risk for Germany's oldest residents.
- On Thursday, the Robert Koch Institute reported Germany recorded at least 5,120 heat-related deaths so far this year, most occurring in late June when weekly average temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius.
- Around 4,270 deaths involved people aged 75 and older, the RKI said, while many German hospitals and care homes still lack air conditioning despite extreme heat.
- National authorities reported more than 4,700 excess deaths across France, Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands during the June 20-28 heatwave, which paralyzed much of Europe.
- The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported Western Europe experienced its hottest June on record, more than 3 degrees Celsius hotter than average, as lead Samantha Burgess warned of trapped "heat domes."
- Scientists stated last month's record heat would have been "virtually impossible" without human-induced climate change caused by burning fossil fuels.
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The heat wave in June left its mark. RKI recorded over 5000 deaths due to record temperatures.
The Robert Koch Institute has published current estimates of heat-related deaths in North Rhine-Westphalia and all over Germany. The figures already clearly exceed the previous year's figures and raise questions about the causes of death.
"The connection between excess mortality and heat is undisputed."
The heat wave recorded at the end of June in Germany, which reached record temperatures of 41.7 degrees Celsius, caused the death of more than 4,300 people, according to calculations published on Thursday by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) of virology. In its weekly report on heat-related mortality, the RKI notes that the deaths accumulated between week 15 of the year (from 6 to 12 April) and week 26 (from 22 to 28 June) amounted to 5,120, repor…
After the heat wave at the end of June, high temperatures are now threatening again. The Robert Koch Institute is expecting thousands of heat deaths. A factor that is relevant to the significance of these statistics is above all a factor.
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