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Extreme Heat Takes a Toll on Californians' Health


Extreme Heat Takes a Toll on Californians' Health

Californians face a growing risk of heat waves that will impact public health as climate change progresses.

The human and economic toll of extreme heat in California

Heat waves have killed hundreds of Californians and cost billions of dollars in the past decade, according to a new report from the state insurance department.

Heat deaths continue to rise nationally, as California officials

As national heat deaths rise, California girds for worsening bouts of extreme temperature · U.S. heat-related deaths have surged in recent years.

Extreme heat in California cost billions and caused hundreds of deaths

Heat waves have killed hundreds and cost billions of dollars in the past decade, according to a new report from the California insurance department.

The toll of extreme heat is rising in California - Los Angeles Times

Extended California heat wave brings extreme health, fire risk; power shutoffs likely · Climate change is making heat waves more frequent and ...

Extreme heat is costly and deadly in California - CalMatters

Extreme heat is costly for California, resulting in more than 450 deaths and damages of $7.7 billion from 2013 to 2022.

SoCal likely has more heat-related deaths than we realize, expert says

Experts say we likely undercount heat-related fatalities in Southern California, underestimating the true toll of extreme weather.

Increasingly extreme heat is contributing to more deaths in ... - LAist

It can take six to 18 months for the California Department of Public Health to compile data for heat-related deaths statewide. The most ...

California's extreme heat is a 'silent disaster' - KTLA

toll can range from 100 to 200 in typical years but spikes ... “Extreme heat is a silent, escalating disaster that threatens our health ...

Impacts of Extreme Heat to California's People, Infrastructure, and ...

Extreme heat is not just a weather event, it's a silent, escalating disaster wreaking havoc on Californians' health, economy, and infrastructure. The California ...

Postcard from California: Rising death toll from extreme heat ...

26 in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. That's an increase of 117%, with a sharp spike in the last seven years. The study ...

Extreme heat is taking a toll on health and finances, survey finds - NPR

That percentage is even higher in California, where heat was the top climate impact, reported by 71% of those surveyed. "California does have ...

Extreme heat cost California nearly $8 billion over last decade

The human and economic toll of extreme heat in California is severe and growing, a report by the state Insurance Department found.

7 Ways Heat Impacts Health - UC San Diego Today

Gould explained that their research found that emergency department visits go up with any increases in temperatures. "Even in California, we see ...

Impacts of extreme heat to California's people, infrastructure, and ...

Several studies of California health data show that extreme heat can result in ... took a significant toll on the dairy industry. The one-time ...

Extreme heat deadlier than wildfires, California insurance regulator ...

While nearly every Californian was somehow affected, people of color and older people suffered the most impacts to their health, according to ...

Public Policy Institute of California on LinkedIn: Extreme Heat Takes ...

Public Health + Extreme Heat still not a priority As the hottest summer on record winds down, extreme heat data, trends, and lessons learned ...

Extreme heat is taking a toll on health and finances, survey finds - NPR

The new poll found more than two-thirds of Californians report feeling the impacts of heat - people like Contreras and her neighbors, children ...

Extreme Heat Means More Wildfires. It's Taking a Toll on Firefighters.

As three large fires continue to burn in Southern California, firefighters across the country are facing another unforgiving wildfire season ...

Extreme Heat is One of the Deadliest Consequences of Climate ...

Between 2010 and 2019, the hottest decade on record, California's official data from death certificates attributed 599 deaths to heat exposure.