War didn’t do this, COVID didn’t either: Europe’s new ‘silent killer’ overwhelms France’s morgues

Relentless heatwaves are killing thousands across Europe, with Paris emerging as a tragic epicentre. Extreme temperatures above 40°C, record‑breaking nights and overstretched hospitals and mortuaries are reviving memories of the 2003 disaster and raising urgent questions over why, two decades on, older and vulnerable Europeans remain so exposed to deadly heat.