an hour agoClose to three thousand dead in a week in Holland from the heat
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Nearly 400 more people have died in the Netherlands during the record heat wave in Europe compared to a normal summer week, the Dutch state statistical agency CBS said on Friday. In total, 2964 people died in Holland during the week that began on July 22nd, CBS said, which is about 15 [...]
In total, 2964 people died in Holland during the week that began on July 22nd, CBS said, which is about 15 percent more than an average week during the summer season, Reuters reports.
Record temperatures occupied Europe during the last days of July, and for the first time since temperatures began to be recorded, the Netherlands reached 40 degrees Fahrenheit [40 ° C] on July 25.
The total death toll in the Netherlands during that week was comparable to the rate during the two heat waves in 2006, which were the longest ever marked in the country, researchers have said.
About 300 of the additional victims were among those aged 80 and older.
Most deaths occurred in eastern Holland, where temperatures were higher and the heat wave lasted longer than in other parts of the country.
The Netherlands has a population of about 17 million.
The heat wave was the second that hit Europe within a month, and climate specialists warn that such heat waves may become more common until the planet is heated as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.
