[KnightOfWords]

On the other side of the world, we had record temperatures across Europe as well this year. Fewer deaths than the 2003 heatwave though as people were generally better informed of the risks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave

These events are only going to become more frequent.

[chewz]

> we had record temperatures across Europe

For the record - only in Western Europe - due to changes in circulation patterns. Central and Eastern Europe had rather cool summer and records from beggining of XX century still stand.