‘National scandal’: extreme heat linked to 40,000 deaths in England between 1988 and 2025
2 months ago by solo to c/environment
[...] according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.
The figures do not include this summer, when England has sweltered under a succession of heatwaves and is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths.
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