Washington, United States, June 28, 2026 (AFP) - Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns

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History professor Ethan Borden Krizman was in high school when he collapsed 20 years ago at a race, suffering from heat stroke, but he says he remembers it well. And the current heat wave in Europe has brought it all swirling back. "I started getting tunnel vision, and I could feel my body weakening, and I collapsed, like just I completely blacked out," he told AFP, recounting how he was evacuated just short of the finish line in 95F (35C) heat......

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