47000 Dead In One Year In Europe Due To Heatstroke On this Monday, August 12, the maximum temperature in Cambridge, UK reached 34.8 degrees Celsius. This temperature is the highest this year. In July last year, the maximum temperature there reached 32 degrees Celsius.
Earlier in 2022, the temperature there reached 40.3 degrees Celsius. This is the first time since August 13, 2022, the temperature in Britain has become so high this year.
In Southport, Britain, the sea is drying up. There is a beach but no water. People are on the beach but they are not able to enjoy the waves of the sea.
According to the Meteorological Department, this is the 11th year since 1961 that the temperature has reached such a high point. What is even more frightening is that 8 of those 11 years are years after the year 2000.
Last year Europe faced terrible heat. During that period, a total of 47 thousand people died in Europe. This fact was revealed by a study conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.
The southern part of Europe was the most affected by the heat last year. Remember that last year 2023 was the hottest in the history of the earth. Like the rest of the world, Europe is heating up due to climate change.
Researchers estimated that 60,000 people would die in Europe due to heat in 2023, and the actual figure is closer to that. The painful fact is that most of the people who died were homeless.
According to ISGlobal researcher Alyssa Gallo, they have analyzed data from 35 European countries. According to the data obtained from the hospitals, 47 thousand 690 people died due to heat and heat waves last year. Most of them died in Greece, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain. In those countries, the effects of summer were the most visible last year.
