PARIS: Every few minutes, the mortuary owner’s phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the funeral directors and mourning families calling him mostly have the same question: Do you have room for one more? With all 32 places in his cold room taken, Zouhaeir Hertelli reluctantly has to gently say “Non,” over and over and over again. “We’re facing a really catastrophic situation,” he said.

France is counting the human cost of its worst heatwave on record after health authorities reported about 1000 excess deaths within days, with elderly people accounting for the…

A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies.

PARÍS (AP) — Cada pocos minutos, suena el teléfono del dueño de la morgue. Desde que una ola de calor sin precedentes empezó a cobrarse vidas y a agotar el espacio de…

PARIS (AP) — Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the…

PARIS — Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in...

La canicule commence à révéler son lourd bilan humain. Au funérarium international de Paris-Orly, la saturation est telle que son responsable réclame des moyens supplémentaires en…

PARIS: Every few minutes, the mortuary owner’s phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the funeral…

With temperatures eclipsing 40 degrees Celsius, heat-related deaths are rising.

France estimates that its death rate rose by at least 1,000 people during the devastating heatwave that swept the country last week – but that is at the cautious end of the…

France registered its hottest-ever day, breaking a record that had been set just the previous day

Funeral directors are dealing with requests to take bodies every few minutes after a heatwave baked the country and sent temperatures soaring up to 44C degrees

“Nos enfrentamos a una situación realmente catastrófica”, dicen los dueños de las casas funerarias

'We're facing a really catastrophic situation,' said a mortuary owner

Muchos de los fallecidos tenían 65 años o más

Normalmente hay siete muertes diarias en un hospital. Hoy llegan a 20 por día, especialmente en París y sus suburbios.El signo de esta crisis está en las funerarias, que están…

Presidente de entidade diz que capital dispõe de apenas duas empresas

France on Monday counted its heat-related deaths, as a funeral business representative said Paris morgues have been overwhelmed by a spike in fatalities during a record-breaking…

Las funerarias en Paris alcanzaron su límite de capacidad tras una ola de calor récord que dejó al menos mil muertos en Francia a finales de la semana pasada

Mayoría de fallecidos son personas de 65 años o más

France is counting its heatwave deaths as funeral homes in Paris and other urban centers reach full capacity. Learn about the government's response and the