Temperatures reached as high as 48 °C (118 °F) in bAmareleja/b. The Netherlands There were about 1500[15][16] heat related deaths in the Netherlands, again largely the elderly. The heat wave here broke no records, although 4 tropical weather b...../b The main problem was that the French take their bvacations/b at the same time if possible; so nurses and doctors were not numerous enough in hospitals and old peoples homes. Therefore the patients died in August instead of November. ...