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Researchers say this is the second-highest heat related mortality burden in the last decade, following 2022 when an estimated 60,000 people in Europe died due to heat. New study estimates 47,000 ...
Now a new report highlights the dire need for action to help prevent heat-related deaths. ... The Lancet report also found that between 2018 and 2022 people on average were exposed to 86 days of ...
In November 2022, Reuters stated that there were 20,000 "excess" deaths recorded; deaths which officials did not directly attribute to heat but may be heat-induced. [37] In November 2023, the Barcelona Institute for Global Health revised their number to over 70,000 "excess" deaths after developing a new method to calculate the mortality rate.
That heat-related death rate has increased dramatically compared to the early 2000s, regardless of age or population size. The upward trajectory appears to be sharpening recently. In 2022, 1,722 ...
Heat waves were especially notable in East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, western Europe, the United States, and southern South America. 2022 heat waves accounted for record-breaking temperatures and, in some regions, heat-related deaths. Heat waves were worsened by the effects of climate change, and they exacerbated droughts and ...
Very brief intense heat returned on May 31, as much of the New York Metropolitan Area set record highs that day. [9] Toronto also recorded a record high of 32.2 °C (90.0 °F) that day. [10] Further south, schools released kids early that day due to the heat, with highs forecast in the upper 90s Fahrenheit. [11]
Extreme heat can take a heavy toll on the heart, and a new report shows how much more deadly the effects of climate change may become over the next few decades in the United States. Black ...
Heat-related illnesses and deaths are rising as the world warms, an international team of health experts said on Tuesday, forecasting a 370% surge in yearly heat deaths by mid-century if the world ...