Nearly 3,000 people in UK die from extreme heat in two months

Women fill up water bottles in London in the heat (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

An estimated 2,877 deaths were associated with excessive heat in May and June this year – almost double the number of casualties compared to last summer.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the figure represented a significant increase on 2025’s heat-related death toll, which was 1,504.

Approximately 753 deaths were linked to the he...