Europe's extreme heatwave shifts east, causing further impacts
Europe's extreme heatwave has shifted eastward, prompting red warnings in several countries. France reported 1,000 excess deaths, Germany set new temperature records, and autobahns were damaged.
France's National Public Health Agency confirmed approximately 1,000 excess deaths between June 24 and 26, coinciding with an extreme heatwave. The World Health Organization estimates over 1,300 heat-related deaths across Europe since June 21. Germany continued to set new national temperature records, reaching 41.7°C on Sunday, June 28, in Coschen, Brandenburg, according to preliminary data from the German Meteorological Service. This surpassed the 41.5°C recorded in Drevitz the previous day. Earlier reports from [Українська правда] had cited Neißemünde for a record on the same day. The extreme heat also caused damage to German autobahns, leading to traffic jams where approximately 100 farm animals died in stalled trucks. The heatwave has since moved eastward, prompting red warnings for extreme heat in Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovakia. Poland previously recorded its highest temperature in over a century, 40.5°C in Słubice.
Sources: Forbes Ukraine, Радіо Свобода, Українська правда, Громадське
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Earlier coverage
- Jun 29, 2026, 10:00 AM UTCEurope's heatwave causes infrastructure damage and animal deaths in Germany
- Jun 29, 2026, 07:30 AM UTCEurope's heatwave continues with excess deaths in France and new German temperature record
- Jun 29, 2026, 07:00 AM UTCEuropean heatwave causes excess deaths and new temperature records
- Jun 28, 2026, 07:00 PM UTCEurope's heatwave continues, setting new temperature records in Germany and Poland, and excess deaths in France
- Jun 28, 2026, 02:00 PM UTCFrance records excess deaths amid extreme heatwave