{"id":28924,"date":"2026-07-05T14:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/28924\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:49:16","slug":"at-least-3700-excess-deaths-in-france-belgium-netherlands-during-soaring-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/28924\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 3,700 excess deaths in France, Belgium, Netherlands during soaring heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS \u2014 France, the Netherlands and Belgium have recorded 3,700 excess \u200bdeaths during the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/24\/world-news\/deadly-omega-heat-wave-broils-europe-with-more-heat-records-expected\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June heatwave that sent temperatures soaring \u200cacross Europe<\/a>, with authorities warning that the numbers are preliminary and could rise.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have said the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/23\/science\/what-is-the-heat-dome-thats-roasting-europe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heatwave<\/a>, which lasted from about June \u200b20-28, was\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/29\/world-news\/europes-record-heat-has-overwhelmed-paris-mortuaries-and-left-families-in-distress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worst recorded in Europe<\/a>, causing disruption to \u200bpower generation, damaging infrastructure and overwhelming healthcare systems. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2060extreme heat was almost certainly driven by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/24\/opinion\/la-city-council-votes-for-higher-gas-prices-fewer-jobs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">climate change<\/a>, scientists \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>A person cools off in the fountain in front of the Berlin Cathedral Berliner Dom during the ongoing heatwave in Berlin, Germany, on June 28, 2026.\u00a0 REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>A pharmacy sign displays a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius as temperatures rise in Paris during a second heatwave affecting a large part of France, on June 19, 2026.\u00a0 REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Spectators collect chilled water bottles amidst the heatwave on\u00a0June 25, 2026, at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club in Germany. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>There were 2,025 excess <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/28\/world-news\/france-records-1000-excess-deaths-in-record-breaking-european-heat-wave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deaths recorded in France during the \u200bheatwave<\/a>, with a particular increase in deaths among people aged over 45, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist told local television on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths at home \u200brose 91 percent between June 22-28 compared to the previous \u200bweek, while deaths in nursing homes and healthcare facilities also increased, the \u200ccountry\u2019s public health authority said in a bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMortality will \u2026 be higher than these initial figures suggest,\u201d the authority warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Unprecedented\u2019 mortality data <\/p>\n<p>In Belgium, the Health Ministry said on Thursday it had registered \u200bexcess mortality of \u200babout 1,200 \u2060deaths between June 18 and June 29, adding that 530 of the deaths were among people \u200baged 85 or older. <\/p>\n<p>A man cools off with water at a public tap in downtown Zagreb, Croatia, on June 30, 2026.\u00a0 ANTONIO BAT\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual street music festival \u201cFete de la Musique\u201d during a heatwave in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 21, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>People aged under \u200b65 accounted \u2060for 180 of the excess deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch excess mortality during a heatwave is unprecedented in our country,\u201d the ministry said in \u2060a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities \u200bin the Netherlands said the heatwave\u00a0led \u200bto about 480 excess deaths, mainly among the over 80s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS \u2014 France, the Netherlands and Belgium have recorded 3,700 excess \u200bdeaths during the June heatwave that sent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[697,16099,18,701,19231,6,831],"class_list":["post-28924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-belgium","tag-deaths","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-heatwave","tag-netherlands","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}