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In the context of the 1995 Chicago heat wave, principles of environmental racism have been used to better understand the hugely unequal death rates between various groups in the Chicago population. Out of the 739 heat related deaths attributed to the heat wave, it was found that Black citizens died at a much higher rate than their white peers.
Los Angeles, Miami and Phoenix have “chief heat officers” to coordinate the response for dangerous heat. But experts warn that The post Chicago. 1995. 700 people, mostly Black or poor, died ...
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July – Midwestern United States heat wave: An unprecedented heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States for most of the month. Temperatures peak at 106 °F (41 °C), and remain above 94 °F (34 °C) in the afternoon for five straight days. At least 739 people die in Chicago alone.
Derrick Robinson stood in the blistering heat at the "Ground Zero" of the 1995 Chicago heat wave. One body after another was carted into the morgue on Harrison Street -- a shocking sight for the ...
Counting excess deaths was used to calculate the human impact of a heat wave in Chicago that killed more than 700 people in July 1995, many elderly Black people who lived alone.
The 1995 Chicago heat wave, one of the worst in US history, led to approximately 739 heat-related deaths over 5 days. [131] In the United States, the loss of human life in hot spells in summer exceeds that caused by all other weather events.
Twenty-five years since a deadly heat wave swept Chicago and left more than 700 people dead, the lessons learned and changes made are being used to help residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.