"...What if, instead, the electricity goes out for several days during a blistering summer heat wave in a city that depends on air-conditioning in those months?... n Dr. Chester’s scenario, a compounding crisis of extreme heat and a power failure in a major city like Houston could lead to a series of cascading failures, exposing vulnerabilities in the region’s infrastructure that are difficult to foresee and could result in thousands, or even tens of thousands, of deaths from heat exposure in a matter of days. " #heatwave#disaster#DisasterPreparedness#climateemergency
From Jan Kuhn. visualization of the "number of hot and cold days. In 2024 104 out of 148 days (70%) were extraordinarily hot." in Oaxaca, Mexico this year. #Mexico#heatwave#climatedisaster#climateemergency
"In the eastern states of Bihar and Odisha, 24 people died on Thursday alone, including three election officials and a police officer who collapsed in the midday sun, the Times of India reported, citing state officials. In the desert state of Rajasthan, 55 heat-related deaths have been reported in the last seven days. Within just a two-hour span on Thursday night, 103 patients complaining of heat stroke were admitted to Sadar Hospital in Aurangabad city, surgeon R. B. Shrivastav told The Post by telephone. Five were dead by morning." #heatwave#death#climatedisaster#climateemergency#disaster#india
🌡️ The recent #HeatWave in #Mexico has been intense, with cities like #Oaxaca experiencing prolonged periods of extreme temperatures. Here's a visualization I created about the number of hot and cold days. In 2024 104 out of 148 days (70%) were extraordinarily hot. #dataviz 📊
Hmm, 35C and dewpoint of 33C at the METAR for Jay Prakash Narayan Airport (VEPT), Bihar, India. I don't think in Celsius, but I am thinking that is uncomfortable at best, likely heat illness or death at worst. (assuming no A/C). #heatwave#india#vept
Searing heat in India today.
Max. recorded temp: 49.8°C
Many central regions of the country with above 40°C temperatures.
May tends to be the hottest month in India.
Source: India Meteorological Department #India#WxIndia
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The widely reported max temperature in Delhi yesterday of 52.9°C is likely inaccurate and may be caused by a sensor error.
Here is the statement from the India Meteorological Department -
"The maximum temperature over Delhi NCR varied from 45.2° to 49.1°C in different parts of city, Mungeshpur reported 52.9°C as an outlier compared to other stations. It could be due to error in the sensor or the local factor. IMD is examining the data and sensors."
"A brutal #heatwave swept swathes of northwest #India on Friday, with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in southwest #Delhi's Najafgarh, making it the warmest place in the country."
"In public health we talk about #ExtremeHeat having a "long tail" in a statistical sense. The number of excess deaths spikes during and immediately after the #heatwave, but death rates don't drop back to zero straight away. Organ damage is a likely cause.
Okay so this piece contains a map of fatalities from: drought, wildfire, storm, landslide and flood.
What happened to "heat"?
Last year #heatwaves killed nearly 62,000 in #Europe.
Erasing heat deaths in #Africa is - shall we be charitable - irresponsible at best.
"Regardless of where or when a #heatwave strikes, one pattern has been a constant: Older adults are the most likely to die from #ExtremeHeat, and the crisis is worsening.
We study #ClimateChange and population #aging. Our research documents two global trends that together portend a dire future."