Record-breaking heatwaves over the last few years, affecting the Europen continent and parts of China during the summer, have caused nearly 15,700 deaths, an analysis published by the United Nations Agency for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology, and Geophysics, claimed. The extreme heat accompanied by the dry conditions caused fatalities that exceeded more than 15 000 in Spain, Germany, the UK, France, and Portugal, according to World Meteorological Organization [WMO] annual report.
Source: republicworld