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Há 18 horas · Tens of millions of Americans are facing major heat waves, with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees. But in big cities, the heat hits hardest for people of color and low-income residents.
Há 2 horas · During heat waves in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s and 1980s, “there were people who were too poor to turn on their air conditioning” and died, said David Jones, a professor and historian ...
Há 4 dias · BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left hundreds ...
Há 10 horas · "The way things are going, the heat waves in 2044 are going to be so much worse than they are now," said Jones, the science historian. "This isn't an anomalous heat wave.
Há 23 horas · 1:10. Large parts of California are under excessive heat warnings and advisories to start the week as temperatures across the state have broken the 100 degree mark. Palm Springs saw its all-time ...
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Há 4 dias · Because of a lack of data on heat deaths specifically, the team looked at deaths from all causes, which spikes during heat waves, and used the number of excess deaths to determine how many deaths were likely caused by heat. They estimate that the heat action plan had helped reduce the number of fatalities during heat waves by up to 40%.
Há 23 horas · An excessive heat warning — the National Weather Service’s highest alert — was in effect for about 36 million people, or about 10% of the population.
