Heatwaves cause almost double the excess deaths in England

England on track to suffer highest-ever heat deaths this summer, official data shows - Almost 3000 people died in May and June heatwaves that were supercharged by the fossil-fuel-driven climate crisis #climatecrisis Data from @ukhsa.bsky.social Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lots of my friends told me THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST was a really bad title for a book. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Farage/Reform prioritise ££’s over lives💀 Circa 2,877 heat-related deaths during May & June heatwaves, double the whole of last year Farage & Reform campaign to scrap net-zero targets, stop green investments & promote fossil fuels They received £24 million from oil & gas interests DeSmog revealed

And we, 🇬🇧 ,are getting the excess heat related deaths too. If it is 2,700 for May and June 2026, how many in July? www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

2026 could break records for heat-associated deaths, warns the @ukhsa.bsky.social in its estimates for heat-related mortality in May and June. This follows estimates published by the Grantham Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the UK Met Office 🧵 buff.ly/MGR5KYI

🔥🇬🇧 So despite wildfires across the UK. Wales and half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought and on track for record heat-related deaths... Andy Burnham is still set to allow more drilling in the North Sea, Claiming it will help with cost of living. It won't! #StopRosebank ⛔️🔥🇬🇧

Climate reality: Heatwaves kill. England recorded an estimated 2,877 heat-related excess deaths during the May and June 2026 heatwaves, ~2x the total for all of summer 2025. And this doesn't yet include the peak summer 2026 heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When @granthamicl.bsky.social estimated 2,700 deaths from these heatwaves, some in the media called it scaremongering. Today, UKHSA analysis of observed deaths sadly confirms the scale of the impact. We can't ignore the health threats posed by climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2,877 excess deaths linked to the heatwaves in England in May and June. It looks likely that this year will exceed the record 2,985 excess heat deaths of 2022 (because of the long heatwave in July)

Excess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Data by @ukhsa.bsky.social shows 2,877 deaths were caused by heatwaves this summer, almost 2x the annual figure for 2025. To protect our communities from this extreme heat, we need to tackle climate change which is ⬆️ heatwaves. Read our recommendations ➡️ bit.ly/3x5MO6m www.gov.uk/government/p...

Each one of these tragic deaths brings home all too painfully the climate crisis we face. It's why we all have to play our part in stopping it.

2,877 excess heat deaths in May and June—almost double all of 2025 before August even arrives—proves extreme heat is a deadly crisis, not pleasant beach weather. Treating hot summers as a novelty is lethal. ​Are we underestimating this health threat? ☀️ #ClimateCrisis

Clearly warrants an emergency plan and medium term strategy to do vital structural changes!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

; not the UK media headlining articles about heatwave induced deaths in a way that makes it sound as though "the most heat-related deaths on record" is a target that England is striving to achieve. 🙄