Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found that when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

The paper is here

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    5 days ago

    What we have gotten here have killed double digit folks. usually elderly or homeless. won’t take much higher to move this into triple digits I think. Just going to get worse form there and this is a good place. Remember when where to go to avoid climate change was all the rage and then the pacific northwest went on fire.

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      4 days ago

      You mean digits = deaths? We have absolutely killed that many and the WHO estimates near a half million heat related deaths. Or are you referring to a limited locale?