“This year we have already witnessed more than 1,700 unnecessary deaths during the current heat wave in Spain and Portugal alone,” the statement said.
According to Kluge, he is concerned that fires occur even in the north of Europe, in Scandinavia.
Earlier, the General Directorate of Health of Portugal informed that excess mortality in the country against the backdrop of extreme heat in the period from July 7 to 18 of this year exceeded 1 thousand cases.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said more than 500 people in the country have died in ten days due to heat waves.