Europe’s human sacrifice to the weather gods

Over 1,000 people have died across Europe in recent weeks due to the current record-breaking heat wave, more than doubling last summer’s death toll. Across Europe, particularly in Spain and France, people have seen all-time high temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. Southern France hit 111 degrees last Tuesday, the hottest day in the country since official records began nearly a century ago. The sick and elderly are especially susceptible to heat stroke, and dozens of people in France drowned after swimming into dangerous areas to avoid the heat. Of course, similar temperatures are common every summer across the United States. Heck, temps may touch 100 this week where I live in the Upper Midwest.

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