Heat - RKI: Higher mortality in Germany even during hot weeks in early August

By with∅ut-me 20.08.2026 at 07:35 Uhr Welfare & Poverty Health Policy Climate Change
TL;DR AI-generated The Robert Koch Institute estimates that around 14,000 people in Germany died due to heat by August 9. This figure is based on a comparison of mortality during hot summer weeks with periods without extreme heat.

Source: deutschlandfunk.de

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