European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave.

Europe faced over 10,000 excess deaths during the late-June heatwave, primarily affecting vulnerable older populations, recent data reveals.

Europe faced over 10,000 excess deaths during the late-June heatwave, primarily affecting vulnerable older populations, recent data reveals.

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heat wave that engulfed the ​west of the continent in late June, official data showed.

EuroMOMO does ⁠not publish excess deaths per individual country, but it noted that France and Belgium were the only two countries in Europe to log “very high excess” mortality in the last week of June.

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Europe recorded more than 10,000 excess deaths during the extreme heatwaves that affected much of the continent in June, according to new figures from EuroMOMO, the European mortality monitoring system supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization. The data shows that the overwhelming majority of the additional deaths occurred among people aged 65 and older, with more than 9,000 fatalities recorded in this age group.