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Europe’s summer heat kills 50,000
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WASHINGTON -- Blistering record heat in Europe this summer contributed to the deaths of more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
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Climate scientists have already established that Europe’s sweltering summer was the hottest on record. Now they are saying it was likely the deadliest as well, with their models showing that the extreme heat led to more than 50,000 excess deaths in cities alone.
Europe’s summer of extreme heat caused an estimated 50,000 deaths in cities across the region — the highest number on record — and wiped roughly 0.17% from European Union GDP from April through September, or close to €17 billion ($18.9 billion).
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across Europe’s cities during the brutal heat waves that roiled the continent this summer — making this year’s heat the region’s deadliest on record, according to a new analysis.
Researchers estimate that Europe’s summer 2026 heat waves caused 50,391 excess deaths across 854 cities—the highest toll in the study’s 26-year record—with about 32,600 deaths attributable to human-driven climate change.
About 50,000 more people died in European cities between June and August than would have if temperatures had not been abnormally hot, researchers estimate.
People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests, with scientists blaming climate breakdown for two in every three of the deaths…
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
About 50,000 more people died in European cities between June and August than would have if temperatures had not been abnormally hot, researchers estimate.
The summer of 2026 was brutally hot across Europe, with five successive heat waves causing record-high temperatures across the continent. Those extremes likely led to more than 50,000 excess deaths in urban areas alone, according to a new estimate.
More than 50,000 heat-related deaths are estimated to have occurred in urban areas across Europe during summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributed to human-induced climate change, according to new research led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Imperial College Londo…
LONDON — Severe heat killed more than 50,000 people in European cities and towns this summer, according to peer-reviewed estimates released by scientists in London on Friday.
Agreement: I Agree Body: “From European heat waves to Himalayan glacier melt: climate change demands equitable cooling and emissions reductions.” The estimated 50,391 excess deaths attributable to heat in European urban areas during summer of 2026 highlight the increasing risk that extreme heat pose…
WASHINGTON -- Blistering record heat in Europe this summer contributed to the deaths of more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
LONDON — Severe heat killed more than 50,000 people in European cities and towns this summer, according to peer-reviewed estimates released by scientists in London on Friday.
