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Heatwave has left at least 9 dead this week in Europe

Politiko 2025-07-03 19:00:01

Heatwave has left at least 9 dead this week in Europe

At least nine people in Europe have died from the heat this week, Sky News reports.

In Italy, scorching temperatures of up to 38 degrees Celsius forced officials to issue the most severe red alerts in 17 major cities, including Milan and Rome, while some regions banned outdoor work at noon. 
But the scorching conditions - blocked by a "heat dome" hovering over Europe - have already been implicated in the death of at least one worker.

Local reports say Brahim Ait El Khayyam, 47, lost his life while pouring concrete in a car park on the outskirts of Bologna, which was also under a red alert.

Two men in their 60s died on beaches in Sardinia, the ANSA news agency reported, and in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, a 53-year-old woman died on Monday after reportedly collapsing while walking along a street. Local media said she had a heart problem. The results of post-mortem examinations have not been released, but heat waves kill thousands of people a year in Europe, earning them the nickname "the silent killer."

During the long and scorching summer of 2022 in Europe, the hottest ever recorded, 61,000 people died due to heat, a study has found.

The head of the Italian Society for Emergency Medicine (SIMEU), Dr. Alessandro Riccardi, said that emergency room admissions have increased significantly during the current heatwave.

"We have observed a 10% increase in hospitalisations compared to the national average, with some peaks (up to 20%) in Sardinia, which is among the regions most affected by the temperature at the moment," he told Sky News.

"More than the absolute numbers, the composition of patients has changed, with an increase in patients requiring hospitalization, and in this case, temperature plays a dominant role," he added. 

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