More than 200,000 lives have been lost to the "silent killer" of heat in Europe since 2022, the World Health Organization said, after a heatwave saw some countries record their highest-ever May temperatures.⁣ ⁣ "The impacts of climate change are a clear and present danger, and its most immediate and lethal manifestation is extreme heat," said Hans Henri Kluge, the WHO's Europe director.⁣ ⁣ "Heat is a silent killer, but it is not an inevitable one," Kluge said at an event in Berlin to launch new guidelines on protecting lives from extreme heat.⁣ ⁣ Extreme heat affects especially the very old and the very young and people with heart, kidney and other diseases by causing dehydration, heatstroke and exacerbating existing conditions. ⁣ ⁣ Read more on CGTN Europe website. ⁣ ⁣ #WHO #wildfires #heat #climatechange