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In the nearby state of New Mexico, a pair of fast-moving wildfires abetted by the blistering heat have killed two people, burned more than 23,000 acres and destroyed 500 homes, according to ...
Heat waves and extreme heat kill more people in the United States than any other weather event. Experts say we should be worried as heat waves are getting more intense.
Extreme heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, leaving hundreds of people dead each year, according to the National Weather Service.
At least 238 people died and 187 were injured because of the heat. [123] [124] According to the Portuguese Health Ministry, the heatwave killed 1,063 people between 7 and 18 July. Three people—two firefighters and a civilian—died in wildfires triggered by the heatwaves. [31]
Six people were killed: [147] four in Croatia (two in Zagreb, one in Cernik, Brod-Posavina County, and an on-duty firefighter in Tovarnik in the Vukovar-Srijem County), [148] one near Lake Bled, Slovenia, and one in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many more were injured, including at least 60 in Zagreb, 10 of them severely.
Heat causes more deaths than any other type of extreme weather, and it's becoming increasingly fatal both in parks and elsewhere as climate change make heat waves more frequent and severe.
The first heat wave, in late June, killed over 567 people, [2] and according to meteorologists it was caused by high pressure and winds from the Sahara Desert affecting large parts of the continent. [3] It resulted in record-breaking temperatures for the month of June at many locations.
And experts say that estimate is likely far lower than the actual number of lives lost to the excruciating heat. Extreme heat has killed 147 people in 5 counties, coroners report. The real number ...