Record Heat Stress Hits Half of Europe as Summer Becomes Third-Warmest on Record

The EU climate monitor reports that 52% of the continent faced intense heat stress, causing over 34,600 excess deaths and record-low river flows.

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5 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 1 Oct 2026. Latest articles published first, on 1 October at 11:46 UTC; France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines followed 14h 33m later. The most recent article, from Inside Climate News, appeared on 2 October at 21:11 UTC.

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