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How heatwaves are dangerous to human health
Research recently found that more than 61,000 people died due to the heat in Europe last summer -- and 2023 is shaping up to be even hotter.
The World Meteorological Organization has warned that repeatedly high overnight minimum temperatures are particularly dangerous to human health, because the body never gets a chance to recover./AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Record-breaking heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere have again sparked concerns about the danger such blistering temperatures pose to people's health, particularly children and the elderly.
Such sustained heatwaves --