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Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than any other weather-related cause, with an annual death toll that often exceeds those of hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined.
All of the 14 Congressmen killed in office were male and 10 were Democrats, three were Republicans, and one was a Democratic-Republican. Four members died in duels, and a total of ten (three senators, six members of the House of Representatives, and one territory delegate to the House) died from gunshot wounds.
David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona's record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. The death ...
Florida’s Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban cities and counties from adopting requirements for mandatory water breaks and other workplace protections against extreme heat. The ...
Serving since (in the House/Senate) Date of birth Place of birth U.S. Congress Spark Matsunaga Democratic Hawaii : April 15, 1990 73 Prostate cancer [183] Toronto, Canada: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii: Daniel Akaka: January 3, 1977 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977) October 8, 1916 Kukuiula ...
The extreme heat resulted in 569 deaths in Phoenix. [21] The summer heat wave resulted in Texas experiencing its second hottest summer on record in 2023, with the full year being its hottest on record. Over 300 people died from heat in Texas in 2023, the most since the state began tracking such deaths in 1989. [22]
Heat kills more Americans than any other form of severe weather, including flooding, hurricanes or extreme cold, according to National Weather Service data, and scientists have warned there’s a ...
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.