France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave

According to Public Health France, a severe heatwave that swept across western Europe has resulted in roughly one thousand excess deaths. The figure is preliminary and likely to increase. About eighty-five percent of those who died were sixty-five or older, highlighting how extreme heat disproportionately threatens elderly populations.

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