Paris, France | AFP
An area of Europe with 410 million people — more than two-thirds of the continent’s population — experienced temperatures over 35 °C at least once during a June 15–30 heatwave, according to an AFP analysis.
During a record-setting 16-day heatwave in August 2003, some 320 million people in Europe experienced such temperatures, according to AFP calculations using daily maximum temperature data from the European Drought Observatory and population figures from the Joint Research Centre.
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