Abnormal heat killed more than 1,700 people in Spain and Portugal alone.

According to APA, Hans Kluge, regional director of the World Health Organization for Europe, made this statement.

Kluge said that the statistics are relative and the exact numbers will be known in 2 weeks.

However, there is no doubt that the real figure already exceeds the official statistics.

Kluge noted that there is still a long way to go before the end of the summer season.

Severe heat causes hidden diseases and untimely deaths in people.

Children and elderly people are at risk.

"Heat kills.

In the last 10 years, hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives as a result of abnormal heat and forest fires that coincided with it," said the regional director.