{"id":39999,"date":"2026-06-29T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=39999"},"modified":"2026-06-29T04:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:46:39","slug":"29-juni-2026-kurznachrichten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/29-juni-2026-kurznachrichten\/","title":{"rendered":"June 29, 2026 \u2013 Short News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Europe Is Breaking Under the Heat - One Thousand Excess Deaths in France and a Continent at Its Limit - But for the AfD, This Is All Perfectly Normal<\/strong> – aber f\u00fcr die AFD ist das alles normal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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France is counting the victims of a heat wave that can no longer be described as an unusual weather event. According to the French public health authority, around 1,000 additional people died during just the three hottest days of last week. On Wednesday alone, more than 1,200 deaths were recorded nationwide, followed by more than 1,400 deaths on each of the next two days. Before the heat wave began, daily deaths generally ranged between 900 and 1,000. The sharpest increase in mortality occurred in the regions under the highest heat alert. Around 85 percent of the additional deaths involved people over the age of 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While France is counting its dead, larger parts of Europe are reaching their breaking point. Germany recorded 41.7 degrees Celsius, marking its third consecutive national temperature record. Poland reported 40.5 degrees, the highest temperature ever measured there, while the Czech Republic reached 41.9 degrees. The heat wave is now moving farther east, leaving behind a continent whose infrastructure is failing in more and more places. Roads are cracking, railroad tracks are warping, streetcar systems are suspending service, and emergency responders are working around the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Health Organization is now openly describing this as a new reality. Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average and is now considered the fastest-warming continent on Earth. More than 150 million people are currently living under extreme heat. Since June 21, more than 1,300 additional deaths across Europe have already been linked to the exceptional temperatures. Heat stress has become a silent killer. Homes, schools, hospitals, and workplaces were never built for conditions like these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A new international study reaches a clear conclusion. The record-breaking temperatures of last week would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. According to the researchers, a heat wave of this magnitude is now about two hundred times more likely than it was just twenty years ago. What was once considered a once-in-a-century event is now returning almost every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consequences extend far beyond the thermometer. In Germany, firefighters are battling wildfires on former military training grounds where the soil is still contaminated with unexploded ammunition from World War II. Repeated explosions are forcing emergency crews to retreat. In the town of Traisen in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, around 650 residents were forced to leave their homes. In Brandenburg, more than 600 passengers had to be evacuated from a stranded train after a fallen tree cut off the power supply. Air conditioning systems failed, train doors could only be opened by emergency crews, and two people were hospitalized with heat-related medical problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sweden and Denmark also felt the impact of the extreme weather. Several people were struck by lightning at an amusement park, including one woman who was seriously injured. Denmark alone recorded more than 1,100 lightning strikes within just a few hours. In Berlin, police turned to an unusual solution. Water cannons normally used during demonstrations were deployed at the Brandenburg Gate to cool thousands of people. A vehicle designed for crowd control briefly became a tool against extreme heat. Europe is no longer experiencing just another unusually hot summer. It is witnessing a changing climate for which an entire continent was never prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n