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Dutch Summer of 2026 Confirmed as Hottest on Record With Nearly 1,000 Excess Deaths

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute says average summer temperatures reached nineteen point three degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous record from 2018, after the Netherlands experienced its first-ever code red weather warning and nearly one thousand excess deaths.
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