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Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe

A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe.

© Ksenia Kuleshova for The New York Times

Treating a 77-year-old woman for heat-related illness last month at MontLégia hospital in the Belgian city of Liège.
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Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe

A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe.

© Ksenia Kuleshova for The New York Times

Treating a 77-year-old woman for heat-related illness last month at MontLégia hospital in the Belgian city of Liège.
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A.C. Vests and UV Parasols: East Asia Deploys Heat-Fighting Gadgets

Par : Max Kim
The innovations include air-conditioned apparel, refrigerators for humans and hand-held fans that use the science behind semiconductors. Governments are making cooling devices central to heat adaptation.

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