More than 2,700 people may have died in exceptional May and June heatwaves in England and Wales
Like many people who lived through it, I have found myself thinking back to the scorching summer of 1976 in recent weeks.
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- ROSS CLARK: How claims by climate scientists that 2,700 people were killed by the heatwaves in May and June are hysterical hot air
Like many people who lived through it, I have found myself thinking back to the scorching summer of 1976 in recent weeks.
- More than 2,700 people may have died in exceptional May and June heatwaves in England and Wales
Most deaths will have occurred in the June heatwave, experts say, when a rare red heat alert was issued.
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