10,000 killed by Europe heatwave

Data from EuroMOMO, an excess mortality monitoring network,
shows that 10,000 people died across Europe in June as a
direct result of that month’s unusually fierce heatwave

TOTAL WEEKLY REPORTED DEATHS*

2023 2024 2025 2026

100,000
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000

Tail end of Covid pandemic
and particularly bad flu season

Week 26:
Jun 22-28
heatwave
Baseline

* Data from 27 participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)

Sources: Reuters, EuroMOMO
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