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[STORMREPORTS] 13,600 Killed By Heat Wave in France

From: Steve Nelson (steve0707{at}yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 21:52:23 EDT

UNDERTAKERS in France estimate the recent heatwave
killed more than 13,600 people.

Funeral home giant OGF say almost 3500 people will
have died in Paris alone by the end of the month.

Their figures are almost two-and-a-half times the
French government's heat- related death toll. Health
minister Jean-Francois Mattei conceded on Monday that
it was "plausible" that up to 5000 people may have
died in France, almost twice as many as previously
feared.

However, he insisted that figure was a hypothesis and
that the final toll was not expected for several
weeks.

The OGF toll is based on comparisons with last
August's death rate.

>From the Daily Record(UK):

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/content_objectid=13315579_method=full_siteid=89488_headline=-13%2D600%2DKILLED%2DBY%2DHEATWAVE-name_page.html

  

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