An unprecedented early summer heatwave has claimed over 1,300 lives across Europe, including 1,000 excess deaths in France alone, where 85% of victims were aged 65 or older. All-time temperature records fell in Germany at 41.7°C, the Czech Republic at 41.9°C, and Poland at 40.5°C. The WHO warns that Europe is the fastest-warming continent, heating at twice the global average. Scientists state the extreme event would be virtually impossible without climate change, which has made such heatwaves 200 times more likely.
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