{
  "id": 16203021,
  "title": "Summer 2026 heat toll exceeded 50,000 deaths in European cities, analysis estimates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/summer-2026-heat-toll-exceeded-50-000-deaths-in-european-cities",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T16:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-summer-toll-exceeded-deaths-european.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 50,000 heat-related deaths are estimated to have occurred in urban areas across Europe during summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributed to human-induced climate change, according to new research led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Imperial College London.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}