extreme heat event

Some of the money will be spent to protect against wildfires, reduce air pollution and deal with extreme heat events.

Declaring extreme heat events as major disasters could pose challenges for FEMA.

Now, however, the accumulation of greenhouse gases due to the burning of fossil fuels is increasing the likelihood and severity of such extreme heat events.

For children seeking care at a California urban pediatric health center, extreme heat events were associated with increased asthma hospital visits, according to research published at the ATS 2024 International Conference.

She has put together a forecast for 30 years' time which predicted changes to the coastline and more extreme heat events resulting in heat-related illness, infrastructure failure and wildfire risk.