Extreme heat: more deadly weeks may still lie ahead for the European Region

10 July 2026 by Wendy WINN (DG SANTE, European Commission)

The next heatwave is already building over the Atlantic. Portugal and southern Spain are forecast to reach 43 C this week. France and the Benelux are bracing for another heat surge. Parts of central Asia are baking under 40 C heat. Because of that urgent context, WHO Regional Director for...

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