The compounding consequences of extreme heat don't fall equally across communities
Heat already kills more Americans than any other weather-related disaster, according to the National Weather Service -- and climate change is making these extreme events even more dangerous.
The Northwest's record-breaking heat wave in June, which scientists say would have been"virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, for instance, killed hundreds of people in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. When Hurricane Ida pummeled Louisiana early this month, a heat wave exacerbated the impacts of the storm.The compounding consequences of extreme heat don't fall equally across communities.
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