2023-06-30 19:05:57
At least 13 people have died from the heat wave that has hit the United States for two weeks, additionally affected by deterioration in air quality linked to forest fires in neighboring Canada, local authorities said on Friday.
A heat wave is hitting the southern United States hard, especially Texas and Louisiana, with temperatures often exceeding 40°C, and for which experts point to the role of global warming.
deadly heat
Last week, a teenager had lost consciousness, then his life, during an expedition in the natural park of Big Bend under a mercury flirting with 48 degrees Celsius according to local authorities.
In the midst of a heat wave, a 62-year-old lady was also found dead in Louisiana in an area where a storm left thousands of families without electricity and therefore without access to air conditioning. “His death was heat-related,” the US state’s Department of Health reported.
In Mexico, more than 100 people died between June 12 and 25 due to an extreme heat wave that hit the desert north, bordering the United States, and the capital, the secretariat (Ministry ) Health.
Forest fires
In the very north of the continent, Canada was still facing forest fires on Friday that led to episodes of unprecedented air pollution in major cities in Quebec and Ontario.
The smoke from the Canadian forest fires continued its way further south, in the Midwest and on the American east coast, where a total of around 120 million people are currently experiencing an episode of air pollution according to local authorities.
This Friday, the air quality in cities like New York or Philadelphia was deemed unhealthy, according to the government platform Airnow, which assesses air quality in the country.
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