{"id":85014,"date":"2024-04-11T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/?p=85014"},"modified":"2024-04-11T17:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T21:03:20","slug":"heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"

A heatwave can be defined as a period where local excess heat accumulates over a sequence of unusually hot days and nights.<\/p>\n

Heatwaves amplify many risks, such as health-related or economic risks, including increased human mortality, drought and water quality, wildfire and smoke, power shortages and agricultural losses.<\/p>\n

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Overview<\/h3>\n
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Heatwaves consist of period of abnormally hot weather that can last from a few days to months where the maximum and minimum temperatures are unusually high to a location. The minimum temperature is as important as the maximum temperature as cooler nights allow the body to recover and if the nights are unusually hot, higher temperatures will be reached earlier in the day and last for longer.<\/p>\n

Heatwaves have spread rapidly into new regions of the globe and occurring at unseasonable times of the year. The\u00a0IPCC<\/a>\u00a0states that with further global warming, we can expect an increase in the intensity, frequency and duration of heatwaves.<\/p>\n

Multiple risks interact with heatwaves such as droughts, fire weather, flash flooding and air pollution which have compounding impacts for people and nature.<\/p>\n

Impact<\/h3>\n
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Heatwaves are one of the most dangerous natural weather hazards. Intense heatwaves can pose serious health, social, environmental, and economic risks.<\/p>\n

According to a\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0in 2022, in Europe alone, it was estimated that over 60,000 people died from heat-related stress.<\/p>\n

Heatwaves impact human health and well-being, public safety and infrastructure, and the natural environment. Hot extremes including heatwaves have intensified in cities, where they have also worsened air pollution events and limited functioning of key infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Broader adverse impacts include:<\/p>\n