Q&A: Europe’s May and June heatwave deaths – and how they were counted

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of reports from public health authorities and scientists that estimate the deaths caused by Europe’s record-breaking summer heatwaves. 

In France, the national public health agency reported 2,025 excess deaths over the week where the heatwave peaked in June. 

Authorities in Germany and Netherlands put the excess death toll during the same seven-day period at 5,753 and 533, respectively.

An analysis from climate scientists in Carbon Brief found that France saw more than 2,700 heat-related deaths over 17 days in June.

Separate research estimated there had been 2,700 heat-related deaths in the UK’s May and June heatwaves – 42% of which had been caused by human-caused climate change.

There are a number of methods for

Original Record.

This archived record authored by ‘Cecilia Keating’ at ‘Carbon Brief’ was recovered from data set:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-europes-may-and-june-heatwave-deaths-and-how-they-were-counted/