Doctors remind or cause "significant casualties", with temperatures exceeding 52 ℃ in Death Valley, California! Heatwaves hitting cities across the United States | high temperatures | United States
Currently, most parts of the United States are still dealing with a long and dangerous heatwave, with multiple city heat records repeatedly broken.
The National Weather Service reported that on Tuesday, over 91 million people in 15 states across the United States received high temperature warnings. It is expected that approximately 80 million people, or nearly a quarter of Americans, will experience temperatures exceeding 105 degrees Fahrenheit this week. It is expected that record high temperatures will occur every day from Texas in the southern United States to the lower reaches of the Mississippi River, as well as in South Florida, and there will not be a significant drop in nighttime temperatures.
The meteorological department has warned that without effective cooling or sufficient rainfall, heatwaves will pose a threat to public health and may even pose a risk to life.
The Biden administration announced in a memo last week that it plans to advance a $3.85 billion low-income household energy assistance program to provide air conditioning to 6 million low-income households. "The situation is shocking and requires a response from the whole society. These extreme weather events cause billions of dollars in damage to the United States every year," the White House memo wrote.
Frequent high temperature weather in multiple parts of the world
52 degrees Celsius?!
According to local media reports in the United States, multiple cities have opened air conditioning centers to provide safe shelters for residents who are vulnerable to extreme weather conditions such as the elderly and homeless.
Malotta, who lives in Miami, said she is 60 years old and works as a customer service and cashier at a supermarket. During shift breaks, she goes to the walk-in cold storage in the supermarket to cool down and prepare for outdoor shopping carts.
Aguilar from Nappers, Florida is a horticulturist at a golf club and said she will continue to work in high temperatures. "We must make money," Aguilar said. "All we can do is drink more water, and drinking coconut water can also help."
Death Valley in California is known as the "hottest place on Earth", with temperatures reaching a record breaking 126 degrees Fahrenheit on July 16th.
The commentator and education director of Death Valley National Park, Anderler, said that despite temperatures soaring to dangerous temperatures of over 120 degrees Fahrenheit, tourists still come here for hiking trips. "The danger is real and very serious," Anderler said. "We advise tourists not to walk on roads in remote areas during the hot summer."
Doctor: May cause a "large number of casualties"
Teddersky, Emergency Director of NYP-CUMC in New York City, said that extreme high temperatures, especially in areas not accustomed to high temperatures, could cause "a significant number of casualties.". Because when high temperatures persist for multiple days and power outages or power cuts occur, emergency care will face the greatest pressure.
"This is the domino effect," Tedesky said. "When the weather is so hot, more people are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems, and stroke. Our emergency room is overcrowded, which is dangerous, and overcrowding is our biggest threat when dealing with disasters."
Experts in dealing with high-temperature diseases say that people who are prone to high-temperature related diseases include infants and young children, the elderly, those with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and kidney disease, pregnant women, dementia patients, psychiatric patients, and those who take certain drugs that increase heat sensitivity.
"High temperatures are what we really need to worry about," said emergency department doctor Koop at Valleywise Medical Center in Maricopa County, Arizona. In 2022, Maricopa County saw a 25% increase in mortality rates related to high temperatures.
For those who want to prove that "the sidewalk is hot enough to fry cooked eggs", health experts say that if the road is hot enough to fry eggs, it can certainly burn people's feet. In the last year alone, the Arizona Burn Center had 85 cases of summer thermal burns admitted to the hospital, CommScope said.
He claimed that some people fainted due to high temperatures or any other medical emergency, and then burned themselves on hot asphalt, causing blisters or skin peeling in a few minutes.
