Cities have long made plans for extreme heat Are they enough in a warming world The Asahi Shimbun Asia Japan Watch

CHICAGO–Natural disasters can be dramatic — barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes — but heat is more deadly. Chicago learned that the hard way in 1995. That July, a weeklong heat wave that hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius) killed more than 700 people. Most of the deaths occurred in poor…Read More

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