Heatwave caused 1,700 deaths in Spain and Portugal: WHO ...Qatar

The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s European office said yesterday that the heatwave baking Europe has caused over 1,700 deaths on the Iberian peninsula alone, calling for joint action to tackle climate change. “Heat kills. Over the past decades, hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of extreme heat during extended heatwaves, often with simultaneous wildfires,” WHO regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said in a statement. “This year, we have already witnessed more than 1,700 needless deaths in the present heatwave in Spain and Portugal alone.” The regional director stressed that exposure to extreme heat “often exacerbates pre-existing health conditions” and noted that “

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