Hyperthermia

The climate crisis was responsible for more than half of the 68,000 heat-related deaths during Europe’s hot summer of 2022, according to a study.

The organization emphasizes that the European region (which, for WHO study purposes, extends to Central Asia) "is the fastest-warming of the 6 WHO regions, with temperatures rising at around twice the global average rate."

Additionally, it is noted that over the last 20 years, heat-related mortality in Europe has increased by 30%.

It's set to be another scorching summer, with extreme and prolonged heat waves forecast across many parts of the United States and Europe.

"The persistence of high temperatures for long periods of time is worrying us," says Dr. Kostas Lagovardos - The "hot, dry, windy" phenomenon and the ongoing heat stress on the population

Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent.

In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heatwaves but also catastrophic flooding, withering droughts, violent storms and its largest wildfire.

The hospital said the second man died overnight.