Hearing how hot it is in many northern countries I remembered this article I read online a few years ago.
Sharing the link for those that wish to read it as it's interesting how the heat effected people in Australia way back in 1896. Hundreds of people died in Australia. In North Dakota in 1936, 5 thousand people died when the temperature topped 48.89 deg C (120deg F) according to the Washington Post.
You can read it [ here ]
Apparently the heat waves occurred in Spain, Germany, England, America, India, Borneo and Burma too, just to name a few countries. If you wish to read the articles make sure you scroll to the end of the page as there is a big space after the first bit of reading.
There have been hotter days since in many areas of this world since then so I believe. In 2009 there was another heat wave in Australia which wasn't as hot apparently.
Photos are from the Internet.
