France Sees 1,000 Excess Deaths Amid Europe’s Extreme Heat Wave

TL;DR
France reports roughly 1,000 excess deaths linked to an ongoing Europe-wide heatwave, with most fatalities among seniors, as temperatures soar above 35°C and the episode is expected to persist.
- European heatwave causes 1,000 excess deaths in France Al Jazeera
- France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records AP News
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- Scenes from the Paris Heat Wave newyorker.com
- Temperature records shattered in Europe as deadly heatwave moves east Yahoo
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