There was an increase in deaths when Britain had its hottest day on record this summer.
There was an increase in deaths when Britain had its hottest day on record this summer, provisional figures for England and Wales show.
And the 2019 toll may still rise because of the amount of time it can take for deaths to be registered. "However, we then saw a period of days when the number of deaths was lower than average, meaning that summer 2019 as a whole had a similar number of deaths to previous years. Data from previous years shows similar death spikes when summer temperatures rise, although not as many"According to Public Health England, excess deaths in the winter run into the tens of thousands in England and Wales, while in the summer they are in the hundreds or thousands.Heatwaves are extreme weather events but are predicted to increase in frequency and intensity as a result of climate change.In the UK, persistent temperatures above 25C can trigger a heatwave warning.
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