00:00France has recorded around 1,000 more deaths than expected since Wednesday,
00:05as a record-breaking heat wave struck much of Western Europe for days.
00:09The agency said areas under red alert for heat had been particularly badly affected,
00:15and 85% of the deaths had been those aged 65 and over.
00:19Parts of France have topped 40 degrees this week,
00:22piling pressure on hospitals and first responders amid a surge in emergency call-outs.
00:27Temperatures soared to record highs across Europe this week.
00:31According to the latest forecasts, they remained particularly intense on Sunday in Germany,
00:36the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland,
00:38while they slowly began to ease across the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
00:43Germany experienced its highest temperature on record of 41.5 degrees on Saturday afternoon,
00:49while Danish authorities said temperatures had reached 37 degrees,
00:53the highest since records began in 1874.
00:57Scientists have shown that recurring heat waves are a clear marker of global warming
01:01driven by humans burning fossil fuels,
01:03and warned they are set to become more frequent, longer and more intense.
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