WHO Reports Over 1,300 Heatwave Deaths in Europe
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that severe heatwaves have claimed over 1,300 lives across Europe since June 21. Warning that the continent is warming twice as fast as the global average, Ghebreyesus described heat stress as a “silent killer” for populations whose infrastructure was never built for such extremes. “Currently, 150 million […]