More than 5,000 people died in France as a result of searing summer heat last year, health authorities said

EUROPE — More than 5,000 people died in France as a result of searing summer heat last year, health authorities said Thursday. “Everyone has been affected,” Caroline Semaille, head of France’s public health agency, told reporters as she presented a report on heat-related deaths last year. The summer of 2023, marked by four heatwaves including in August and September, was the fourth hottest on record in France... guardian.ng