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WHO warns Europe may face more deadly heatwaves

# The World Health Organization has warned Europe could face more deadly weeks ahead, with another intense heatwave forming ​over the Atlantic. Regional director for Europe Hans Kluge held an ​emergency call with representatives from 41 countries ​in the region, the European Commission and civil society ⁠groups to discuss lessons from the recent heatwave and heat health action plans. France, the Netherlands and Belgium recorded three-thousand-700 deaths due to the heatwave, with temperatures reaching 40-degrees Celsius.