2023-07-17 18:35:08
The week started with excessive heat in South Florida, which is why the advisory was extended until Tuesday at 7:00 pm, so keep in mind that heat indices might be reaching between 105°F and 110°F. just as it has happened in days gone by.
And once more in the followingnoon the storms will be present similar to what happened this Sunday.
In South Florida’s Miami-Dade County, an “excessive heat” warning was triggered on Sunday following a forecast of 111.92 degrees Fahrenheit. According to local meteorologists, this is the first time such a warning has been issued.
From South Florida, on the southeast coast, to the southwest of the country, 80 million Americans were on Sunday alert from the National Weather Service (NWS), according to which the extreme heat situation was It will continue throughout the week.
EXTREME HEAT AFFECTIONS
The National Weather Service advises everyone to take precautions if they are going to be outdoors, but especially on days where fatigue and heat exhaustion might affect us.
The combination of high temperatures and a high percentage of humidity can lead to illnesses and the inevitable heat stroke. That’s why it’s important to identify your symptoms.
“Heat stroke occurs when the body temperature is above 103 degrees. The skin is red, dry and the pulse is very fast”, explains Miami Dade College epidemiologist Dadilia Garcés,
The high temperatures in our state are also a problem for marine life.
“Fish like corals have a range of temperatures where they live, which can affect the fish’s reproductive cycles,” says Thomas Ruppert, a Sea Grant representative and extension agent at the University of Florida.
And corals suffer from high sea temperatures even more than fish, says Thomas Ruppert. “When they lose their seaweed, the corals become much weaker and can die or be subject to disease.”
A 2022 study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed that diseased corals and their bleaching, caused by climate change, have already eroded 70% of the reefs in Florida. This is also an economic problem because millions of dollars are lost in tourism activities related to fishing and marine activities.
HEAT IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
The heat wave that hits the southern United States keeps one in four citizens in the country under alert, while in the northeast regarding 40 million people face a moderate risk of heavy rains and even floods.
Temperatures will approach highs of between 99.86 and 109.94 degrees Fahrenheit in the interior of California, and up to 114.98 degrees in the southern desert of that state, as well as in southern Nevada and Arizona.
In Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, the local meteorological service recalled that although the extreme heat affects the entire population, the most vulnerable are children and the elderly, people with chronic illnesses and pregnant women.
Heat and rain every followingnoon for the next few days.
In Las Vegas, they also insisted that the situation is not normal. “It is not typical desert heat due to its long duration, extreme daytime temperatures and hot nights. This heat should be taken seriously by everyone, including those who live in the desert,” its weather service said this past week.
Heat, according to the NWS, is the leading cause of weather-related deaths and injuries in the United States. In 2022 it caused 148 deaths, below the average of 153 per year registered since 2013.
But high temperatures are not the only extreme phenomenon that the country is going through these days. In the northeast, according to the NWS, the moderate risk of abundant rains affected regarding 40 million people this Sunday, with the potential for flooding.
On Saturday, the Union of Conscious Scientists (UCS) had estimated that 143 million of the roughly 332 million people in the US were under an extreme weather alert. Your tool counts those affected by wildfires, floods, tropical storms or maximum heat.
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