Scorching summer conditions, extreme heat and wildfires

The summer of 2022 was Europe’s hottest ever Credit: VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images The human toll of last year’s scorching summer conditions has been laid bare in new research which estimates that more than 61,000 people died in Europe from the record-breaking 2022 heatwaves, with the highest loss of life recorded among the over-80s. In Britain,