France deaths rose by 30% during heatwave

According to Channel NewsAsia, deaths in the Paris region surged during a heatwave in late June. Mortality rose by sixty-two percent in the week starting June twenty-second, as extreme temperatures strained health systems and vulnerable populations. The broader crisis across France saw a thirty percent spike in deaths during the same period.

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