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Author(s): Lottie Limb

Four people die due to extreme heat in Italy: Who is most at risk when hot weather strikes Europe?

Source(s): Euronews
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A new tool seeks to bridge that gap by forecasting how likely you are to die when hot weather hits different places in Europe. The data is based on age and sex.

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Forecaster.health draws on the mortality database of the EU-funded research project EARLY-ADAPT, which currently holds data for 580 regions in 31 European countries.

People can enter the date for which they want to see health predictions within the next two weeks, and filter by population subgroups.

The tool then displays a map showing warnings for the 580 regions with colour codes indicating four levels of heat- and cold-related mortality risk: low, moderate, high and extreme.

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Hazards Heatwave
Themes Health and health facilities Risk identification and assessment
Country and region Europe
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