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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.
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]
When Kenney tested young and old people in dry heat, young volunteers could function until 125.6 degrees (52 degrees Celsius), while the elderly had to stop at 109.4 (43 degrees Celsius). With high or moderate humidity, the people could not function at nearly as high a temperature, he said.
According to one climate researcher Hicham Achebak: "The fact that more than 61,600 people in Europe died of heat stress in the summer of 2022, even though, unlike in 2003, many countries already had active prevention plans in place, suggests that the adaptation strategies currently available may still be insufficient,".
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.
People have died taking a midday stroll, on a family hike, at an outdoor Taylor Swift concert — even staying home. Extreme heat is turning ordinary activities deadly. Heat is testing the limits ...