Paris region's record June heatwave more than doubled normal mortality rate to reach 3,000

France 24 reports that the Paris region saw fifteen hundred sixty-five more deaths than expected over a single week in June, as France endured a protracted heatwave that broke all-time temperature records. According to the country's public health agency, whose report was released on Friday, people over sixty-five accounted for more than eighty percent of those fatalities. The findings underscore how severely the record heat weighed on the region's oldest residents.

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