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A pedestrian shields from the sun during Europe's record late June 2026 heatwave as a public thermometer displays extreme temperatures
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European heatwave 20000 deaths study exposes a toll ten times official counts

20,390 heat-related deaths across Europe between June 22 and 28, 2026, is the estimate from a new Indiana University preprint, nearly ten times higher than the roughly 2,000 excess deaths governments have so far confirmed.

4 Jul 2026 ·10 min read
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