Three times as many people in cities and towns died from severe heat as would have done in a world without human-caused warming, scientists said.
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Three times as many people in cities and towns died from severe heat as would have done in a world without human-caused warming, scientists said.
By Raymond Zhong
Study covering 854 European cities finds that officially reported heat deaths remain 'significantly underestimated'.
Of these deaths, around 1,500 can be linked to global warming, scientists say.
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