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Displaying 9 of about 9 results… tools include walls, boats, and evacuation drills. When a heat wave blanketed swaths of Washington state last summer with … Medical Center in Seattle. The state reported 100 heat-related deaths in one week. Since then, hospitals around …
… initiated or exacerbated by floods, wildfires and extreme heat, researchers report in The Journal of Climate Change and … functioning. As floods, wildfires, and extreme heat events increase in frequency and severity, they pose a … regulation of body temperature, the effects of extended heat waves can be severe. The inability to properly cool …
… patients with certain health conditions from extreme heat. Thousands of community health centers and free clinics … patients with certain health conditions from extreme heat. Thousands of community health centers and free clinics …
… for clinic patients, providers, and staff on extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods were developed as … for clinic staff, and more. Materials on extreme heat are dedicated to protecting patients with certain health … for clinic patients, providers, and staff on extreme heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods were developed as …
With hospitals under strain from COVID-19, we need to safeguard them against another threat set to increase as the world warms.
That threat? Flooding. Many Australian hospitals were built on cheap land near rivers. But as climate change loads the dice in favour of larger floods, areas previously safe may no longer be so. We must plan ah…
… construction. The severity of extreme events like drought, heat waves, forest fires and flooding has intensified over … this dam until the dam was breached releasing a rapid wave of water and soil. Erosion from this release may well …
… energy and momentum. Residents reported a large ‘tidal wave’ of material advancing down the river channel … 7). kamayama/Malama residents report a large ‘tidal wave’ of material advancing down the river channel … flow pushed the floodwater and residents reported a ‘tidal wave’ or ‘wall’ of material including mud, boulders and tree …
… and climate crises Heavy rainfall, river floods, extreme heat and fire weather events are all projected to increase …
… were already at critical levels before this year’s new wave of rains and flooding. About the Damage and Needs … Due to the cut off from supply of contraceptives, a wave of unwanted pregnancies with all the ensuing …