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As the U.S. faces a mid-June heat wave, here's what to know about heat exhaustion and heat stroke—and how to stay safe.
Heat waves cause roads and highways to buckle and melt, [84] water lines to burst, and power transformers to detonate, causing fires. A heat wave can also damage railways, by buckling and kinking rails. This can slow down or delay traffic. It can even lead to cancellations of service when rails are too dangerous to traverse by trains.
The combination of a hurricane, heat wave and a multi-day blackout is a nightmare scenario, ... Even short power outages can be dangerous. “If the grid goes out while there’s a heat wave, it ...
Forecasters are warning that there is a more dangerous aspect to heat waves these days: overnight temperatures are not cooling down enough Why nighttime heat can be so dangerous – and why it’s ...
FILE - In this Thursday, July 1, 2021 file photo, a farmworker wipes sweat from his neck while working in St. Paul, Ore., as a heat wave bakes the Pacific Northwest in record-high temperatures. As ...
During mid-June 2022, a record-breaking heat wave affected half of the United States. Record-high temperatures were set from California to Texas on June 13. On June 14, dangerous heat spread to the Midwest, South, and the Plains. On June 15, St. Louis reached a record-tying temperature of 38 °C (101 °F).
But heat can be dangerous for anyone. In 2016, a team of scientists followed 44 college students during a heat wave in Boston and found those without air conditioning experienced significant ...
Increasing heat waves are one effect of climate change that affect human health: Illustration of urban heat exposure via a temperature distribution map: red shows warm areas, white shows hot areas. The effects of heatwaves tend to be more pronounced in urban areas because they are typically warmer than surrounding rural areas due to the urban ...