Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C

A severe heatwave across Europe has been linked to thirteen hundred deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Germany has recorded its highest temperature on record at forty-one point seven degrees Celsius. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that Europe remains unprepared for such extreme heat, highlighting the continent's vulnerability to future temperature extremes.

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