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Europe's hottest summer 'caused record heat stress'
France 24 and RTE News (Ireland) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedA record 52% of Europe was exposed to intense heat stress during the exceptionally hot summer that seared the continent this year, the EU's climate monitor has said.
The headline splitRTE News (Ireland) frames it as "Europe's hottest summer 'caused record heat stress'". France 24 frames it as "More than half of Europe faced intense summer heat stress, EU monitor says".
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Europe's hottest summer 'caused record heat stress'
A record 52% of Europe was exposed to intense heat stress during the exceptionally hot summer that seared the continent this year, the EU's climate monitor has said.
More than half of Europe faced intense summer heat stress, EU monitor says
A record 52% of Europe faced intense heat stress this summer, the EU’s climate monitor said Friday, as climate change fuelled widespread heatwaves and tens of thousands of excess deaths. Eu...
