16,000 Died in Week-Long Europe Heat Wave

“A week of stifling heat in Europe this June was unusually deadly, mortality data shows, producing a historic spike in deaths in a continent where major heat waves are becoming more common,” the New York Times reports.

“Around 16,000 more people than usual died in Europe during the heat wave, according to an analysis by the European Mortality Monitoring Network. Most of the deaths were in northern countries — France, Belgium and Germany — that are not accustomed to such high temperatures and struggled to respond.”