Ideally, you’d stay in the air-conditioned indoors as much as possible. The toll of a heat wave is not always clear in the moment: A new report suggests tha t last summer’s historic heat wave in Europe killed more than 60,000 people. Recently, in Texas, Louisiana, part of Arizona, and Florida, there have been reports of deaths from heat, and many more hospitalizations. Today, a third of Americans are under a heat alert as temperatures keep breaking records: Phoenix has hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit for two weeks straight, while this weekend Death Valley in California could surpass the all-time high of 130 degrees.Įven less extreme heat than that can be dangerous. The heat-miserable and oppressive-is not abating.
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