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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 ...
The Thompson Fire is burning just 20 miles south of Paradise, where California’s deadliest wildfire killed 85 people and destroyed thousands of homes in 2018.
Between 14 and 19 June 2024, at least 1,301 people on the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca died due to extreme heat, with temperatures exceeding 50 °C (122 °F). [1] [2] Extreme heat caused heat stroke and dehydration, leading to the deaths.
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.
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 ...
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]
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.
Nationally, heat kills more people than any other extreme weather event; it’s often referred to as a “silent killer” because heat’s impact on the human body is not always obvious.