The death toll from the record-breaking heat wave in France has approached 5,800
The French Public Health Agency has released new data on the effects of the extreme heat that gripped the country from June 17 to July 2. According to preliminary estimates, 5,764 excess deaths are linked to the high temperatures, accounting for a 36% increase in mortality during this period.
More than half of the cases were recorded between June 25 and 27. The figures released are not yet final, but this number already exceeds the total number of heat-related deaths for the entire summer of last year.
This was reported by BFMTV.
As a reminder, Belgium has seen a sharp rise in mortality amid a severe heat wave. According to the Sciensano public health institute, the excess mortality rate reached 47%—the highest figure since records began in 2000.
Earlier, average nuclear power generation in France fell below 33 GW, the lowest level in the past nine months, due to the need to limit output at nuclear power plants. The reduction was caused by a critical rise in the temperature of the water in the rivers used to cool the reactors.
