In the summer of 2024 .. How many victims were in Europe due to heat waves?!

The study, published by the Nature Medicine magazine and relied on data from 32 countries that include 539 million people, stated that last year was “exceptionally fatal”, with the number of heat -related deaths increased to 62,775 people, an increase of about 25% compared to the summer of 2023. The researchers confirmed that Europe is witnessing a rise in temperatures twice faster than the global average, and that setting an emergency warning system can be It contributes to protecting the most vulnerable groups, especially the elderly, before the severe heat waves. The study indicated that Italy recorded the highest outcome of deaths with about 19 thousand cases, followed by Spain and Germany with more than 6 thousand deaths each, while Greece recorded the highest death rate for the population, followed by Bulgaria and Spain. Due to the difficulty of registering the heat as a direct cause of death, as high temperatures contribute to various health problems, such as heart attacks, clots, and respiratory problems. Other studies also confirmed that climate change caused by human activity caused about 16,500 deaths this summer in European cities only, in an indication of the continued strong influence of the global heat on public health.