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Authorities failed to grasp the scale of risk to human life posed by heatwaves, the CEO of reinsurance company Swiss Re was quoted as saying on Sunday, as Europe faces mounting deaths linked to extreme summer temperatures.
Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, has reported thousands of excess deaths during a record-breaking heatwave, most of them people aged 65 and above. France and Spain have been particularly hard hit by the heat in recent weeks.
再保险公司瑞士再保险的首席执行官周日表示，当局未能认识到热浪对人类生命构成的风险规模，而此时欧洲正面临与极端夏季气温相关的死亡人数不断攀升。
作为全球变暖速度最快的大陆，欧洲在创纪录的热浪期间报告了数千例超额死亡，其中大部分是 65 岁及以上人群。法国和西班牙近几周尤其受到高温的严重冲击。
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