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A digital sign at London Bridge reminds commuters to keep drinking water during a heatwave in London, UK, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Extreme heat could lead to power outages, canceled flights and may be a danger to life while the so-called Red Extreme warning is in place across parts of southern England on Monday and Tuesday. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

40°C heatwave may have killed 1000 people in England and Wales

28 July 2022

First estimate of extreme heat's impact suggests that more than half of the deaths are expected to have been in people aged 85 and older
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Climate change made North American heatwave 150 times more likely

7 July 2021

The recent deadly and record-breaking heatwave in North America would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, according to scientists

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