Extreme temperatures across the U.S. have put the elderly, outdoors workers and people with no access to cool air at greatest risk of severe heat-related illnesses or even death.
, baking Houston and Mediterranean seaports alike. Packed cities in eastern China and remote areas of western China also had spates of record-breaking heat.
Even in a region where hot summers are the norm, people were not prepared for what 2023 had in store. A Travis County medic assists a patient in an ambulance Aug. 8 in Austin, Texas. EMTs were called after the patient was found passed out and dehydrated near the Texas Capitol. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesOfficial tallies often only reflect deaths from heatstroke. Hyperthermia is listed on the death certificates. Using that methodology, researchers estimate that some 700 people in the United States die each year directly from extreme heat exposure.
“He would sit outside and drink coffee when it was 100 degrees outside,” their daughter, Roxanna Flood, said. The entrance of the Justa Center, a daytime facility for homeless people, welcomes people into the facility as a cooling center July 18 in Phoenix. | Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo The first cooling centers in Harris County opened June 14, two days before the Isons were found dead. One was less than 20 minutes from their home, and a local library advertised as a cooling center was just 10 minutes away.
“You look at people with these conditions in normal times and they seem mobile on the outside, but on the inside, they are already frail,” he said. “Even small changes to the environment can have significant, tragic outcomes.”
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