heat deaths

(Newser) - A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat. Researchers found at higher temperatures and humidity, the heat kills far more young people under 35 than those older than 50. For decades, health and weather experts have warned that...

(Newser) - After a meltdown summer, Phoenix finally is getting just a glimpse—ever so briefly—of a cooldown. The National Weather Service said Tuesday's high temperature was 93 degrees Fahrenheit, which meant an end to Phoenix's streak of 113 consecutive days of highs reaching at least 100 degrees F,...

(Newser) - A heat wave plus a hurricane that knocks out power is a lethal combination that many cities aren't fully prepared for, experts say. The Washington Post reports that while at least 10 people died from heat-related causes in the prolonged blackout that followed Hurricane Beryl in Houston in July,...

(Newser) - Summers in America have been getting deadlier every year since 2016, with a record 2,325 heat deaths last year, according to a new study. Even that number, researchers say, is probably an undercount because excess heat kills in many ways and different counties record deaths in different ways.

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