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France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
More than 5,700 excess deaths were recorded during France's unprecedented June heat wave, making it the country's deadliest since 2003, health officials said.
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What happenedIt marks France's highest heatwave-related excess mortality since the deadly summer of 2003.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave". The right frames it as "France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during historic early summer heat wave".
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CenterFrance records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
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Right / center-rightFrance records more than 5,700 excess deaths during historic early summer heat wave
France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during historic early summer heat wave
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More than 5,700 excess deaths were recorded during France's unprecedented June heat wave, making it the country's deadliest since 2003, health officials said.
France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during its historic June heat wave
France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll fr...
