India, Sept. 23 -- More than 62,700 heat-related deaths recorded across Europe in 2024

Italy consistently reported the highest toll over the past three summers

Mortality rates rose sharply in south-eastern Europe, especially Greece and Bulgaria

Women and people aged over 75 bore the brunt of the impacts

Researchers call for new continent-wide heat-health early warning systems

The scorching summers of 2022-24 may have resulted in more than 180,000 deaths across Europe, according to new research published in Nature Medicine.

The year 2024, the hottest on record and the first in which the global mean surface temperature exceeded pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, saw over 62,700 heat-related deaths across the conti...