00:09One week over 1,300 people dead and the worst may not be over yet. A catastrophic heat wave
00:18is tearing across Europe right now and scientists are calling it the most intense ever recorded on
00:23the continent. The World Health Organization confirmed those deaths between June 21st and June
00:2928th alone. That number is still climbing. France has been hit the hardest, around 1,000 excess deaths
00:37recorded in just days. Most of the victims were elderly, many of them living alone with no one
00:43to check on them as temperatures soared. Officials say the full death toll might not even be clear for
00:48several more days as morgues and health authorities finish counting. And it isn't just France.
00:54Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, the heat has spread east, gripping nearly the entire
01:01continent at once. In Germany, temperatures cracked 41 degrees Celsius. Think about that,
01:0741 degrees Celsius in a country that isn't built for it. Most German homes have no air conditioning.
01:14So, what did Berlin do? They sent out water cannon vehicles. Trucks normally used for crowd control
01:20were rolling through the streets spraying mist to cool people down. Videos of it went viral,
01:26and honestly, they're equal parts creative and terrifying. Hospitals across the continent are
01:32overwhelmed with heat emergencies. Transport has been disrupted. Rivers are running hot enough to
01:38threaten crops and knock out power plants that rely on river water for cooling. Here's what scientists
01:44are saying, and this part matters. This isn't just bad luck with the weather. Researchers are directly
01:50linking the severity of this heat wave to human driven climate change. The WHO has been warning for
01:56years that heat stress is already the number one cause of climate related deaths in Europe. Not floods,
02:03not storms, heat. And events like this are becoming more frequent and more extreme. Health officials right now
02:11are urging people, especially older adults, kids, and anyone with a heart or respiratory condition,
02:17to stay out of direct sun during peak hours, drink water constantly even if you don't feel thirsty,
02:23and get to a cool space. Shopping centers, libraries, community cooling centers, anywhere with air
02:30conditioning counts. Europe is living through a climate reality check in real time. 1300 lives lost in 7 days,
02:38and this heat wave isn't done yet.
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