{"id":3172,"date":"2026-06-28T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:08:04","slug":"france-records-1000-excess-deaths-during-record-breaking-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3172","title":{"rendered":"France records 1,000 excess deaths during record-breaking heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"
PARIS, June 28 (Reuters) – France has recorded 1,000 excess deaths during the blistering heatwave sweeping Europe, the \u200bpublic health agency said on Sunday, warning that \u200cthe true figure was likely to be higher.<\/div>
Detailing its preliminary count of excess deaths, Sante Publique said most of the \u200bfatalities involved older people and that it expected \u200bthe mortality rate to rise as more information \u2060became available about deaths in residential care and homes.<\/div>
Europeans \u200bhave been enduring blistering conditions during a heatwave that has \u200bbeen linked to dozens of deaths – shattering records, disrupting power generation and damaging infrastructure.<\/div>
Scientists have said the heatwave, which began on \u200bJune 20, was the worst recorded in Europe, \u200bwhere the climate is changing faster than the global average.<\/div>

EXTREME HEAT EASES \u200cIN \u2060FRANCE<\/h2>
The heatwave has been moving east. But while France’s weather agency said the extreme heat had diminished in most parts of the country, some areas in the \u200bnortheast were still \u200bunder a \u2060heatwave advisory.<\/div>
Health Minister Stephanie Rist told La Tribune newspaper that the impact of \u200bthe heatwave could linger for as long \u200bas 10 \u2060days after the weather had ebbed.<\/div>
“The episode is not finished,” she told broadcaster BFM.<\/div>
Most of the deaths involved \u2060people \u200baged 65 and older, though the \u200bhealth effects of the extreme heat affected all categories of the population, \u200bSante Publique said.<\/div>