MORE THAN 2,700 PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIED IN EXCEPTIONAL MAY AND JUNE HEATWAVES IN ENGLAND AND WALES

1. WHAT HAPPENED

Verified details available in the live RSS coverage:

• BBC News: Most deaths will have occurred in the June heatwave, experts say, when a rare red heat alert was issued.
• The Guardian: Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C The heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day…
• The Guardian: Across the whole of the June heatwave, plus the one in May, about 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely.
• The Guardian: She has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it.
• The Guardian: It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everything ‘There might be a dead bird in the box room.

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