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GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities
… Climate Change last update on 28.11.2023 GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities 2018 to 2020 were the first three years in quick succession with an extraordinarily high … were repeatedly weeks with lower temperatures interspersed between heat periods. In 2020 the comparatively long heatwave was less hot than in the record summer of 2018, … threat to human health in Germany. It is estimated that in the years from 2018 to 2020 alone, 19,300 individuals succumbed to extreme heat. The focus on potential …