{"id":522115,"date":"2026-08-20T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522115"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:30:49","slug":"germany-reports-14000-deaths-linked-to-heat-waves-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/the-weather\/germany-reports-14000-deaths-linked-to-heat-waves-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany reports 14,000 deaths linked to heat waves this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around <strong>14,000 people died in Germany this summer in connection with heat waves<\/strong>, surpassing the previous record of about 8,900 heat-related deaths recorded in 2018, according to estimates from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An estimated <strong>9,600 deaths occurred between June 22 and 28<\/strong>, a particularly hot week when temperatures exceeded <strong>41\u00b0C (105.8\u00b0F)<\/strong> in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People aged <strong>75 and older were the most affected<\/strong>, according to the RKI. The figures are estimates because heat is generally not listed as the direct cause of death on death certificates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 14,000 people died in Germany this summer in connection with heat waves, surpassing the previous record of about 8,900 heat-related deaths recorded in 2018, according to estimates from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). An estimated 9,600 deaths occurred between June 22 and 28, a particularly hot week when temperatures exceeded 41\u00b0C (105.8\u00b0F) in some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[41284],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-weather","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bPd","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/images-5.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["The Weather"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/images-5.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}