Met Office issues tragic ‘2,700 excess deaths’ statement as UK hit by three heatwaves | Weather | News

More than 2,700 people are thought to have died from heat-related causes during heatwaves in England and Wales in May and June, the Met Office said today. 42 percent of them are estimated to have died due to extra heat caused by human-induced warming, the forecaster said, adding that climate change is adding 3-4°C to maximum temperatures.