{"id":1297,"date":"2026-07-20T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:52:50","slug":"new-tool-tracks-real-time-human-impact-of-heatwaves-across-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/maps\/new-tool-tracks-real-time-human-impact-of-heatwaves-across-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"New tool tracks real time human impact of heatwaves across europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">European Heat Tracker provides hourly updates on how many people are exposed to dangerous heat  by overlaying live weather forecasts with high-resolution population data.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\nThe platform combines high-resolution forecasts from Germany\u2019s DWD ICON-EU weather model with a detailed population grid to estimate real-time exposure. Users can view the number of people in areas exceeding chosen temperature thresholds (default: 30\u00b0C), \u201cfeels-like\u201d temperatures, or anomalies compared to the 1961\u20131990 climate baseline.\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key features include an interactive map, country-specific breakdowns, and visualizations of unusually hot conditions. The tool highlights the growing threat of heatwaves, noting that extreme heat is becoming more frequent and deadly in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While still in beta, the European Heat Tracker offers a valuable, accessible way for the public, journalists, and researchers to monitor heat risks as Europe faces increasingly intense summer temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The open-source tool is freely available at <a href=\"https:\/\/heat-tracker.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">heat-tracker.eu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Heat Tracker provides hourly updates on how many people are exposed to dangerous heat by overlaying live weather forecasts with high-resolution population data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maps","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/1300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-map.org\/maps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}