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Heat deaths doubled in Belgium during the June 2026 heat wave
A new rapid attribution study by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) finds that human-induced climate change made the June 2026 heat wave in Belgium 3.9°C hotter and more than doubled the number of heat-related deaths.
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A rapid attribution study by Vrije Universiteit Brussel determined that human‑induced climate change increased the June 2026 Belgian heat wave by 3.9 °C and more than doubled heat‑related deaths. Between June 17 and 28, an estimated 1,181 deaths were linked to the extreme temperatures, of which 665 (56 %) would not have occurred without anthropogenic warming. The heat wave set national records, with a peak of 35.5 °C in Uccle on June 26 and an overnight low of 24.1 °C on June 24‑25, the highest minimum since 1892.
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