AXIOS August 26, 2024
Heat-related deaths in the U.S. rose 117% between 1999 and 2023, with more than 21,500 people succumbing over that time, according to a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control data.
The big picture: Heat waves are getting longer and more intense, and as temperatures continue to rise from climate change, planners in at-risk areas should expand access to hydration and public cooling centers and make other accommodations, researchers wrote in JAMA.
What they found: Deaths in which heat was an underlying or contributing cause varied year-to-year from 1999 to 2016 before showing steady increases over the last seven years observed.
- Annual deaths peaked at 2,325 last year, when numerous climate records were shattered and the global climate was...
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