2024-08-04 09:03:43
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe reported that more than 175,000 people die each year in Europe due to extreme heat waves.
The agency noted that between 2000 and 2019, 489,000 people around the world lost their lives due to high temperatures. Europe “accounts for 36 percent” of the victims, meaning “an average of 176,040 deaths per year” during this period, the organization recorded.
The WHO noted that the region, which extends to Central Asia, is warming at about twice the global average, causing heat-related mortality to increase by 30 percent in Europe over the past two decades.
He also stressed that extreme temperatures aggravate chronic, cardiovascular, respiratory and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as affect mental health and diabetes.
He added that heat stress, which occurs when the body cannot maintain its temperature between 36 and 37°C, is now the main cause of climate-related mortality in the area.
Finally, the WHO warned that the number of heat-related deaths will “skyrocket” in the coming years due to climate change, which is intensifying heat waves in Europe.
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2024-08-04 09:03:43