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Officials count 19,000 heat-wave deaths

DEADLY DISASTER The August heat wave in Europe is now officially the worst hot-weather killer in a century, with France alone counting almost 15,000 mortalities

AP , PARIS

Despite difficulties in counting casualties, Europe's heat wave this year stands as one of the deadliest weather phenomena in the last century.

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