Sentences with phrase «deaths from extreme heat»

Mortality data from 1979 - 2002 death certificate records show twice as many deaths directly from extreme cold than for deaths from extreme heat, 8 times as many deaths as those from floods, and 30 times as many as from hurricanes.

On average, 675 deaths from extreme heat events occur each year in the United States.

1.2.1 Illness and death from extreme heat.

Not exact matches

The findings, published in The Lancet, also reveal that deaths due to moderately hot or cold weather substantially exceed those resulting from extreme heat waves or cold spells.

«It's often assumed that extreme weather causes the majority of deaths, with most previous research focusing on the effects of extreme heat waves,» says lead author Dr Antonio Gasparrini from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the UK.

More deaths from heat waves can be modelled just as well as fewer deaths from extreme cold.

For many kinds of disruption, from crop failure caused by drought to sickness and death from heat waves, the main risks are in the extremes, with changes in average conditions representing a climate with altered timing, intensity, and types of extremes.

It's worth considering the lessons of Chicago in the context of the devastating loss of close to 15,000 people in France during Europe's devastating 2003 heat wave, with the death rate, not to mention the chaotic aftermath, a function of a host of factors ranging from global warming shifting the odds of extreme heat to social norms leaving old people in harm's way.

However... a recent article in The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2962114-0/abstract) points out that globally there are 20X more deaths from extreme cold than there are from extreme heat.

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The suit projects an increase in deaths from heat waves, flooding from extreme weather that would impact the city's water supply system, increasing frequency of droughts that would diminish water to upstate New York reservoirs, and catastrophic flooding from rising oceans.

Climate change is a major public health threat, already making existing problems like asthma, exposure to extreme heat, food poisoning, and infectious disease more severe, and posing new risks from climate change - related disasters, including death or injury.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

During 1999 — 2003, a total of 3,442 deaths resulting from exposure to extreme heat were reported (annual mean: 688).

Periods of extreme heat are directly related to higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease and heat stroke, particularly among the elderly and low - income communities who tend to be disproportionately affected by the impacts of all types of extreme weather.