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Researchers say prolonged extreme heat may have contributed to thousands of deaths, highlighting risks for households and vulnerable people wherever they live. The figures are estimates based on modelling, with official assessments expected later.
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00:00Researchers have estimated that more than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related
00:07causes during this year's exceptional hot weather in England and Wales. Most deaths
00:12are thought to have happened during June's record-breaking heat wave, when high temperatures
00:17and humidity placed extra strain on the body. The figures are based on modelling by Imperial
00:24College London, the Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
00:29rather than confirmed death records. Experts say older people, babies and those with existing
00:35health conditions remain most vulnerable, while warning prolonged extreme heat can also
00:41seriously affect otherwise healthy people.
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