World / Science & Health Sep 9, 2019
France's summer heat waves claimed 1,500 more lives than average, minister says
Two heatwaves that hit France this summer claimed more than 1,500 more lives, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said Sunday. But that toll was significantly lower than the disastrous summer of 2003, when an estimated 15,000 people died during an August heatwave. "We have 1,500 deaths recorded ...