Record June heatwave sees France record 'unprecedented' 5,764 excess deaths

France saw five thousand seven hundred sixty-four more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, RFI English reports, with health authorities calling the excess mortality among people aged fifteen and older unprecedented. RFI English says the figure covers deaths above the normal baseline for that period.

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