Over 2,700 may have died due to England heat waves: researchers
At least 2,700 people could have died in England and Wales as a result of heat waves that struck in May and June, according to a study released on July 13.
Experts from Imperial College London, the Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine used weather data, climate models and studies on excess mortality during heat waves to arrive at their estimate.
“More than 2,700 people are thought to have died from heat-related causes during the May and June heat waves in England and Wales,” a statement said.
“Of those, it’s estimated that 42 percent died as a result of the extra heat caused by human-induced warming,” it added.
