Record summer heat kills over 61,000 in Europe in 2022: study

STORY: Record summer heat kills over 61,000 in Europe in 2022: study DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protecting and refreshing themselves during the intense heat of the summer of 2022 in Barcelona, Spain 2. various of Sant Pau hospital 3. various of people in summer STORYLINE: More than 61,000 people died because of the record summer heat across Europe in 2022, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), the study used data between 2015 and 2022 from 823 regions in 35 European countries. It shows that the summer of 2022 in Europe was one of the hottest on record with warmer-than-average temperatures during every week of the summer period. Italy, Spain and Portugal had the highest heat-related mortality rates. There is an "urgent need to strengthen prevention plans," said ISGlobal researcher Hicham Achebak. Researchers warned that s