To settle the slight dispute last night over just how many were reported in heat related dead in western Europe here is the link: New Scientist European heatwave caused 35,000 deaths - Breaking News The story was filed 10/October/2003 in the New Scientist magazine attributing the final figure from the Earth Policy Institute study of data from the "scorched" Europe in August 2003.
"August 2003 was the hottest August on record in the northern hemisphere. But projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict more erratic weather, the EPI notes."
My debating partner accused me of adding a "zero" to the number of fatalities, but nope - here's the proof.
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