Prepare, don't just react: EU advisers warn after 16,000 excess deaths due to heatwaves

Europe has recorded more than sixteen thousand excess deaths tied to this summer's extreme heat, Euronews reports. In response, the European Union's health security committee is urging governments to shift away from reacting to heatwave emergencies as they happen, and toward systematic, long-term planning instead.

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