The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on the 28th (local time) that more than 1,300 people died due to the unprecedented heat wave that hit Europe. It was estimated that 1,000 excess deaths occurred in France alone. According to AFP, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said through “Europe’s homes, workplaces and schools are not designed for these temperatures,” he said. While tens of millions of people across Europe spent the weekend in deadly heat, there were warnings that deaths could surge and medical systems could be paralyzed in some countries as the heat wave moves east. As of this day, at least 191 million people experienced extreme heat of 35 degrees or higher, and Germany