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As of September 2026: Documented heat-related prison deaths

Tunisia's summer of 2026 was the hottest since the country began keeping weather records in 1950. The June-August national average ran 2.9°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, with back-to-back heatwaves peaking at 49.7°C in Kairouan in mid-July.

Updated Sep 23