WHO calls for urgent action as deaths from extreme heat surge in Europe

COPENHAGEN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- With 60,000 deaths in Europe last year due to extreme heat, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official has stressed the "desperate and urgent need" to tackle the climate crisis.

The number of deaths from extreme heat "is set to rise year-on-year," the WHO's Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said on Tuesday.