HEALTH-INDIA: THOUSANDS OF HEAT-WAVE DEATHS BLAMED ON NEGLECTRanjit Devraj
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon significantly affects us by exacerbating heat discomfort, increased energy consumption, and urban air pollution. The
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...
Over the past decade, average annual heat wave frequency has increased by 50% globally compared to pre-industrial averages. Parts of the world are getting hit much harder. Studies show the likelihood of extreme heat waves in India and Pakistan, for example, has increased by a staggering 150 ...
(or 32.2°C). Some of the deadliest heat waves include the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed more than 700 people, the 2003 European heat wave that killed around 70,000, the 2010 Moscow heat wave where more than 10,000 died, and the2015 heat wavein South Asia with 3,500 deaths. ...
Extreme heat has led to the deaths of 30 million people in the last three decades (Vicedo-Cabrera et al. 2021). The 2003 European heat wave, for example, killed 70,000 people (Robine et al. 2008). Heat affects both rural and urban populations where there is increasing exposure to ...
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...
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
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\...