Global warming amplified death toll during 2003 European heat wave
70 percent of heat-related deaths in Paris were due to climate change

DEADLY HEAT Climate change caused hundreds of heat-related deaths in London and Paris during the 2003 European heat wave, simulations suggest. Red regions experienced hotter July temperatures compared with those measured in 2001.
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