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There are about 2,000 deaths attributable to excessive temperatures in England yearly.
Most of those can be coronary heart assaults and strokes attributable to the pressure of attempting to maintain physique temperatures steady.
The larger loss of life fee begins to kick in as soon as the thermometer passes 25C-26C.
However, the proof suggests the deaths are typically attributable to larger temperatures in spring or early summer time fairly than “peak summer”.
This could possibly be as a result of we begin to change our day-to-day behaviour as summer time progresses and we get extra used to coping with the warmth.
The proof from earlier heatwaves is the rise in deaths occurs in a short time – throughout the first 24 hours of the heatwave.
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