Esme Nicholson
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first heard Jan 2025
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The World Health Organization says that as of Sunday, more than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded in Europe since June 21st, underlining that heat stress is a silent killer.
It warns that European homes, workplaces and schools are not built to withstand extreme heat and calls for action across the continent to safeguard against temperatures that are rising at twice the global average.
In Germany, two forest fires have broken out in regions with a high density of unexploded ordnance, one of them still contaminated with World War II ammunition.
In Poland, the entire railway network ground to a halt, leaving passengers stranded on broken-down trains.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
The World Health Organization says that as of Sunday, more than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded in Europe since June 21st, underlining that heat stress is a silent killer.
It warns that European homes, workplaces and schools are not built to withstand extreme heat and calls for action across the continent to safeguard against temperatures that are rising at twice the global average.
In Germany, two forest fires have broken out in regions with a high density of unexploded ordnance, one of them still contaminated with World War II ammunition.
In Poland, the entire railway network ground to a halt, leaving passengers stranded on broken-down trains.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Wait, this is true?
World Health Organization says that as of Sunday, more than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded in Europe since June 21st, underlining that heat stress is a silent killer.
It warns that European homes, workplaces and schools are not built to withstand extreme heat and calls for action across the continent to safeguard against temperatures that are rising at twice the global average.
In Germany, two forest fires have broken out in regions with a high density of unexploded ordnance, one of them still contaminated with World War II ammunition.
In Poland, the entire railway network ground to a halt, leaving passengers stranded on broken-down trains.
For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Wait, this is true?
According to preliminary readings, temperatures in Germany have exceeded 106 degrees Fahrenheit again, this time in the eastern half of the country.
National railway operator Deutsche Bahn is warning that its infrastructure is struggling with extreme sun exposure and one of Germany's busiest highways near Hamburg shut down after the asphalt buckled in the heat.
The shade typically given by the capital's oak trees is out of bounds as authorities struggle to contain a plague of toxic caterpillars.
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