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Displaying 4 of about 4 results… [...] Since that heat wave in 1995, climate change has intensified globally with wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, heat waves and cold spells leading to famine and drought. As …
… saw an estimated 2556 excess deaths during episodes of heat. This was the highest heatwave-associated mortality … hospitals are generally not designed to cope with extreme heat (Gupta et al., 2017). Extreme heat also causes equipment … Bernard, S.M., Mcgeehin, M.A., 2004. Municipal heat wave response plans. Am. J. Public Health 94, 1520–1522. …
… saw an estimated 2,556 excess deaths during episodes of heat in England – the highest since the Heatwave Plan … saw an estimated 2,556 excess deaths during episodes of heat in England – the highest since the Heatwave Plan …
More heart failure deaths were linked with extreme temperatures than other heart conditions, from an international study in the journal Circulation
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According to a multinational analysis of more than 32 million cardiovascular deaths over four decades, there were more deaths on days when temperatures were at their highest or lowes…