Extreme heat remains the story of summer across swathes of the northern hemisphere, with the most vulnerable—people who are young, elderly, disabled, poor, displaced, and war-torn—suffering disproportionately.
Summer in the northern half of the globe had only just begun when the Middle East, Europe, and North America began counting their suffering, and their dead, in the wake of record-breaking waves of heat.
At least 1,300 people died while on the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in June, and at least six tourists would die in Greece around the same time after exposure to extreme heat.
“Blistering” temperatures were the norm for much of June across the Mediterranean, Central Europe, and West Asia, a pattern that continued well into July.
Misery and fear were compounded in Türkiye as it battled wildfires in temperatures above 40°C, as much as 12°C higher than normal. Now the country is looking ahead to a heatwave that is expected to hit in early August.
Meanwhile, in North America, June saw extreme heat across stretches of eastern Canada and much of the United States. In Canada, peak temperatures in Quebec and Ontario were between 7 and nearly 11℃ above normal during the three-day period around June 19, writes Western University in a just-released report.
The United States also sweltered with “nearly 100 million Americans under extreme heat advisories, watches, and warnings” on June 18, Reuters wrote at the time.
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