event
2003 European heat wave
The previous regional heat record was set in 2003, when countries including the U.K., France and Germany recorded tens of thousands of heat deaths.
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- placeWestern Europe 1
- placeEurope 1
- personScarlet Gomez 1
- personSamantha Burgess 1
- organisationU.K. Health Security Agency 1
- organisationSciensano 1
- organisationSante Publique France 1
- organisationRobert Koch Institute 1
- organisationInstituto de Salud Carlos III 1
- organisationEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 1
- organisationCopernicus 1
- eventU.K. May-June heat mortality 1
- eventSummer 2026 heat waves in Western Europe 1
- eventSpain summer heat mortality 1
- eventHeat deaths in Western Europe during the record summer 1
- eventGermany summer heat mortality 1