Heat kills 15,800 in Germany in 2026, beating decade-old record

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2026-08-27

Berlin (dpa) - Some 15,800 people have died from heat in Germany up to mid-August this year, according to estimates released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) on Thursday, with 9,600 of those deaths attributed to the extreme heat at the end of June. The RKI, Germany's disease control and prevention authority, said in its latest weekly report that a further 4,000 deaths were linked to particularly high temperatures in the first two weeks of Augus......

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