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    Heat wave in eastern Europe kills 1 person

    BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A heat wave in Eastern Europe caused its first fatality on Thursday when a woman who had sought treatment at a hospital in Bosnia collapsed in its emergency room, a doctor said.

    In Romania, France's ambassador fainted while giving a speech at his embassy.

    In Bosnia, temperatures soared as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit), causing asphalt to begin melting in the southern city of Mostar.

    The country's Health Ministry urged citizens to stay out of the sun between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

    Dragoljub Djuric, a doctor at a hospital in Bosnia's northern town of Modrica, said its emergency room was overcrowded with people with heat-related problems and that one woman collapsed and died there Thursday.

    Jasmina Hanjalic, a doctor at an emergency room in Sarajevo, said the people seeking treatment there included construction workers.

    In Romania, French Ambassador Henri Paul fainted while giving a speech at an embassy reception to celebrate Bastille Day in France. As he fell, he was caught by Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

    Paul recovered after drinking a glass of water, and he blamed his collapse on temperatures that reached 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in Bucharest.

     

    17 comments

    • cesarb714  •  10 mths ago
      What kind of asphalt are they using in Romania. It regularly gets over 100 where I live during the summer and even my freshly planted flowers are still holding strong.

      Even when I went to Vegas a few weeks back it was about 117 around 1pm and I didnt see anyone collapsing or the asphalt melting. I actually walked about 3 miles up and down the strip just fine.
      • Lee 10 mths ago
        Well if you didn't see it, it must not have happened right? If you put your brain in a matchbox it would rattle like a bb in a boxcar.
      • Laszlo 10 mths ago
        It is the unusual nature of the heat in Eastern Europe that is causing problems -- in Nevada or even Southern California nothing untoward happens at 100+ degree because highway construction takes into account such temps -- not so in other areas like Eastern Europe where temps in excess of 40 degreesC (105 F) are exceedingly rare
      • cesarb714 10 mths ago
        Answer 2 by Laszio is a respectful answer.

        Answer 1 by Lee is "hide behind my computer and say something I would never say in person otherwise I'd get my ass kicked" answer.
    • Big McLargeHuge  •  10 mths ago
      1 person dying from a heat wave is not news. Thousands of people die every day for various reasons
    • rory  •  10 mths ago
      also in the news from eastern europe. A squirrel dies in hit and run accident..... police on the look out of a car with 4 blk tires....Yahoo news its a shame that 1 person died but WOW you all please quit smoking so much weed
    • Zord  •  10 mths ago
      OH NO!! someone died in a heat wave!!!!!! This is the USA there's Heat waves every single year and no one gets this much media when they die.
    • nas  •  10 mths ago
      Heatwave in Europe must be like what..70 degrees?
      • rory 10 mths ago
        u is a stupid dumfuk
      • Bubuleya 10 mths ago
        Dude
        you are really stupid
    • The Nation Wants This  •  10 mths ago
      This is stupid Yahoo
    • Jwag  •  10 mths ago
      It's sad to see how little a human life is valued...
    • Knotkool  •  10 mths ago
      it's summer and we welcome the climate change koolaid ppl back to screamville
    • Bon  •  10 mths ago
      whata bunch of horseshit!
    • Gary  •  10 mths ago
      113 degree heat causing asphalt to begin melting is not a livable environment. More will die if it doesn't cool
      • mazizocadena 10 mths ago
        Bull shit, I was in Mexicali 2 weeks ago, the heat was 115F, I am from chicago an have never seen this kind of temperatures before. Anyways, even when I was dying from the heat with a terrible headache, all the locals didnt seem affected at all, some were even grilling on charcoil outside at around 4PM. I guess people gets used to everything.
    • Sweet Ness  •  10 mths ago
      250,000 people die in the US each year...
    • Daniel  •  10 mths ago
      1 person?...and how many people die on a usual day...
    • Logical mind in illogical ...  •  10 mths ago
      Prayers to the family, but.............
      Mass murders, economy collaping, propaganda to spread, and you report that one person died from heat two thousand miles away.
      Is it a slow news week or what? I say your just looking for comments.
    • Lee  •  10 mths ago
      There is no climate change, there is no climate change... let's go home Toto.
    • John  •  10 mths ago
      first to comment!
    • Corrupt DoJ  •  10 mths ago
      Corrupt FBI and DEA where selling information about DOD personnel who coincidentally are in one of their investigations to Chinese Intelligence and other foreign entities.
    • fudge  •  10 mths ago
      fudge me!
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