Heat causes more than 5,000 deaths annually in France, Oxfam warns (opens original article in a new tab)

Heat causes more than 5,000 deaths annually in France, Oxfam warns. NGO says increasingly frequent heatwaves becoming major public health threat, exposing social inequalities

• Heat causes over 5,000 deaths annually in France
• Oxfam warns that frequent heatwaves are a major public health threat
• Heatwaves expose social inequalities