HEALTH-INDIA: THOUSANDS OF HEAT-WAVE DEATHS BLAMED ON NEGLECTRanjit Devraj
A man sleeps on his rickshaw on a street in New Delhi, India, amid a deadly heat wave, May 31, 2024.ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty The scorching heat has resulted in deaths of more than 50 people across India, most dying of suspected heat stroke and other heat-related symptoms. At least 29 ...
Soaring temperatures cause deaths in large numbers in various parts of India. The number of deaths vary with region and are influenced by the demographics and socioeconomic characteristics of the region. This study tried to estimate the number of deaths associated with exposure to heat in the diff...
Heat waves are dangerous phenomena. A heat wave has no standard definition but, according to theGlossary of Meteorology, it is “a spell of three or more days on each of which the maximum shade temperature reaches or exceeds 90°F” (or 32.2°C). Some of the deadliest heat waves include...
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon significantly affects us by exacerbating heat discomfort, increased energy consumption, and urban air pollution. The
One of the direct and unavoidable consequences of global warming-induced rising temperatures is the more recurrent and severe heatwaves. In recent years, even countries like Malaysia seldom had some mild to severe heatwaves. As the Earth's average temper
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent under climate change and can lead to thousands of excess deaths. Adaptation to extreme weather events often occurs in response to an event, with communities learning fast following unexpectedly impactful events. Using extreme value statistics, here we show where re...
The objective of this research is to determine the space-time variability of heat stress in the different LCZs and LULCs of Seville (Spain) during the summer of 2017, as well as how heat wave conditions may increase this value. To do so, the UrbClim model’s climatic variables of ambien...
hot weather has killed more people in the United States than any other natural event\uff0eOne year-the unusual hot summer of 1980heat caused about 1\uff0c700deaths in the United States\uff0eIn 1995\uff0cmore than 600people died in another heat wave in one city-Chicago\uff0cIllinois\...
3f). Due to the high expected apparent temperature values these regions are projected to have high number of deaths among people older than 65 years in 205030, without assuming adaptation effects. Note that, as for the heat wave magnitude across these regions, all warming levels show a ...