Heat Waves Have Already Caused the Deaths of Thousands of People in Spain, Germany, and France This Summer.
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General practitioner in Carpentras (Vaucluse), "the hottest city in France", Sébastien Adnot goes from overheated apartment to overheated apartment during his home visits. Among the deaths during the heatwaves of the summer, Josette, an elderly woman who "weakly weakened herself, despite the presence of her family, infusions" and other treatments, before dying "hot", tells the AFP the doctor, also deputy secretary general of the union MG France.…
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More than 25,000 deaths, this is the heavy toll paid by France, Germany and Spain for this summer's unprecedented heat waves. This week, the first results of the heat waves fall, country after country, all with records or almost. And they are still only provisional.
Record temperatures are resulting in thousands of additional deaths, especially among the elderly.
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