HEAT EVENTS

Are we ready for the deadly heat waves of the future?

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Heat claims more lives than floods, hurricanes and other weather-related disasters. How will cities cope as temperatures rise?

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• Death Valley Smashes Heat Record, 2nd Year in a Row

  August 01, 2018 | Article

  The hottest place in the U.S., Death Valley, was not left out of this year's record-breaking heat wave. 
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• Shocking Global Map Shows the Extent of a Global Heat Wave

  July 27, 2018 | Article

  Heat waves swarm across the world, and a new visualization shows just how bad things are. 
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• Arctic Circle Burns As Record Heat Broils Northern Europe

  July 19, 2018 | Article

  Record temperatures are helping to turn northern Europe into a tinderbox. 
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• Hundreds of 'Boiled' Bats Fall from Sky in Australian Heat Wave

  January 08, 2018 | Article

  Extreme heat in Australia has deadly consequences. 
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• South Asia May Become Too Hot for Humans to Survive by 2100

  August 07, 2017 | Article

  By the end of this century, temperatures in South Asia — a region where about one-fifth of the world's population lives — could become too hot and humid for people to survive, according to a new study. 
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• How Hot Will Your City Get By 2100?

  July 05, 2017 | Article

  Summers around the world are already warmer than they used to be, and they’re going to get dramatically hotter by century’s end if carbon pollution continues to rise. 
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• Map Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Health Across US

  March 15, 2017 | Article

  Climate change is poised to affect the health of Americans in every part of the country, a new report says. 
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• Wind, Rain, Heat: Health Risks Grow with Extreme Weather

  February 17, 2017 | Article

  As climate change proceeds, there will be more extreme weather events, and these events pose a threat to people's health, experts say.
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