The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning of the health risks of extreme heat, as new temperature records continue to be set globally in the wake of the climate crisis and the persistent summer heat in southern Europe. Europe is the fastest warming of the six WHO regions, WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge said in Copenhagen on Thursday. People in the 53 member states of the region are paying the highest price for this, he said. Estimates show that there were around 489,000 heat-related deaths per year worldwide between 2000 and 2019, including an average of around 176,000 per year in Europ…