2,000 more deaths during heat.THE death rate during the 10 days in which Britain's heatwave heatwave n → ola de calor heatwave n → vague f de chaleur heatwave n → ondata di caldo hit its peak soared by more than 2,000, figures showed today. The Office for National Statistics said that between August 4 and 13 there were 15,187 deaths in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. - 2,045 above the average for the past five years. The estimated number of deaths on each of those 10 days was also above the average for the previous five years. The extreme heat reached its peak on Sunday August 10 in Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent, where 38.5C (101.3F) was recorded. For the following day, Monday August 11, the ONS ONS Office for National Statistics (UK) ONS One Night Stand ONS Onslaught (Unreal Tournament 2004) ONS Oncology Nursing Society ONS Object Naming Service ONS Offshore Northern Seas estimated that the number of deaths peaked at 1,691 - 363 more than the average for that day over the past five years. |
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