PARIS:At least 101 million Europeans were forecast to swelter in temperatures of over 35°C on Thursday, as scores of people were thought to have been killed by the heatwave.
France and Spain, among the countries worst hit, began counting the toll from the extreme temperatures, including a three-year-old boy who got trapped in his family’s car.
AFP calculations based on forecasts from the German weather service and 2025 population projections from the European Joint Research Centre indicated that more than 380 million people would face temperatures of over 30°C.
The UN’s climate chief Simon Stiell said the heatwave — made worse by buildings and infrastructure unsuited to such temperatures — “has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it”.
“Until humanity stops burning colossal amounts of coal, oil and gas, extreme heat will keep getting worse,” he added. — AFP
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