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I've been without AC in Seville on a rowing competition with +40C, so basically no shade while doing heavy activity. It's true that we went to drink water and to the shade the moment we unloaded the boats, and that there was a recommendation to stay inside just in case, bu there were no reported deaths in 3-4 days.
This was an extreme, 42C ish, but I've been on 32 or 34 and while it's really uncomfortable (more because of humidity than heat but oh well), it's not mortally bad.
40C by itself isn't life threatening if the humidity isn't as high. The temperatures on their own regarding this heatwave were about 38C, but with the high humidity, the heat index exceeded 49C. I'm seeing a death toll of at least 14 so far.