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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]
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 ...
The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county — still being tallied after the area's hottest summer ever recorded — has soared over 360, alarming public health officials ...
Death toll Event Location Date 1. 72,000 2003 European heatwave: Europe: 2003 2. 56,000 2010 Russian heat wave: Russia: 2010 3. 41,072 [13] 1911 France heat wave France: 1911 4. 24,501 2022 European heatwaves: Europe 2022 5. 9,500 1901 eastern United States heat wave: United States 1901 6. 5,000–10,000 1988–1990 North American drought ...
A major heat wave affected the Midwestern United States on August 23 and 24. Prior to the heat wave, 126 million Americans were under heat alerts. [134] At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, temperatures hit 98 °F (37 °C) on August 23, with a heat index reaching 116 °F (47 °C). On August 24, temperatures hit 100 °F (38 °C) at O'Hare ...
In 2023, 2,325 heat-related deaths were reported in the U.S., compared to just 311 in 2004. Researchers also found that heat-related deaths have more than doubled since 1999, a trend they say is ...
1980 United States heat wave: Heat wave Central and southern states $20,000,000,000 (1980 USD) Official death toll, may have been higher 1,500–2,500 1871 Peshtigo Fire: Wildfire Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula of Michigan: Fatalities estimated; most deaths in one fire in U.S. history 1,500 1896 1896 Eastern North America heat wave: Heat wave
Carla Gates said she's sure heat was a factor in her 66-year-old husband's death, even though she's still waiting for the autopsy report. When Eugene Gates died on June 20, the temperature was 98 ...