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France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave

France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave
France 24 Wednesday 22 July 2026, 21:20 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave Europe Issued on: Share France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heatwave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
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