Tuesday 18 September 2018

UK heatwave caused hundreds of extra deaths this summer, figures suggest

UK heatwave caused hundreds of extra deaths this summer, figures suggest Hundreds of extra deaths were recorded in England as a result of a heatwave during spring and early summer, official statistics show.

In the last week of June, when temperatures rose above 30C, 382 more deaths occurred than the average.

During an earlier period of unseasonably warm spring temperatures in April, 243 more deaths were observed than the five-year average. The Independent

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