Since a record-smashing heatwave began claiming lives across Paris and beyond, funeral directors and grieving families have been urgently inquiring whether there is room for another body. Zouhaeir Hertelli, a mortuary owner, said he has turned away hundreds of requests after all 32 spaces in his cold room were filled, repeatedly replying, 'Non.' 'We’re facing a really catastrophic situation,' he said. Mortuaries in Paris and its immediate region report they are already full to the brink, according to France24. France24 reported that France estimates its death rate rose by at least 1,000 people during the heatwave last week. Audacy.com reported that it's already apparent that the death toll exacted by the intense, unrelenting extreme temperatures was terrible in France, particularly among older people who died at home. Audacy.com also noted that the statistical and public health work of tallying heat-related deaths could take weeks or months. Bluesky reported that mortuaries across Paris are struggling to cope with an unprecedented surge in deaths as the heatwave continues.