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Heat-Related Death Toll In Maryland Rises To 10, According To Department Of Health
Categories: News, Local News, WJZTV
Four new heat-related deaths have been reported in Maryland.
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Illinois
Medical examiner confirms 2 heat-related deaths in Chicago, making 5 this season in Cook County
By MARIE FAZIO
CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
AUG 01, 2019 | 4:02 PM
Two people died from heat-related deaths in July, including a man who was taken to the hospital after an incident at Wrigley Field, bringing the total of those killed by the heat to five for the current season, the Cook County medical examiner?s office has determined.
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Arizona
Maricopa County Investigating Rise In Heat-Related Deaths
By Lauren Gilger
Published: Monday, July 29, 2019 - 11:38am
Updated: Monday, July 29, 2019 - 3:10pm
LAUREN GILGER: The death toll associated with heat in Maricopa County is on pace to exceed last year's, when 182 people died. As of July 20, Maricopa County Public Health Department reports there are 10 confirmed deaths and 63 cases under investigation. Despite having a pleasant spring, the heat this summer has been brutal. There have been 14 days with temperatures of 110 degrees and above. And this past weekend, nighttime temperatures cooled off to just 92 degrees.
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Extreme heat likely killed A/C technician found in attic of Arizona home, firefighters say
The extreme heat gripping much of the nation is suspected in the death of an air conditioning service technician working in a sweltering attic.
Friday, July 19, 2019
ARIZONA -- The extreme heat gripping much of the nation is suspected in the death of an air conditioning service technician working in a sweltering attic.
Authorities in a Phoenix, Arizona, suburb said the unidentified repairman was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead, KNXV reports.
Firefighters said his death appears to be heat-related, but a medical examiner will confirm the official cause.
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Man found dead in van in Phoenix; police say death likely heat-related
azfamily.com News Staff Posted Jul 16, 2019 6
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5) -- A man has been found dead in a hot van near Grand and 15th avenues.
His body was discovered Tuesday afternoon.
Police say the man's death may be related to the extreme heat of the day.
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The Impacts of Extreme Heat on Mental Health
Robin Cooper, MD
July 30, 2019
Climate Change, Mental Health
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Extreme heat makes most of us cranky, more likely to have temper flares and feel agitated or listless. Yet heat waves are not benign uncomfortable periods but have profound health risks with potential for death. Heat waves are now considered the deadliest weather events, exceeding hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes combined. The death toll in India, a country with extreme poverty, experienced the fifth deadliest heat wave in history in 2015. That heat wave claimed 2500 heat-related deaths. By comparison, in the US where access to air-conditioning is more readily available, the CDC reported that between 1999 and 2010 there were an average of 618 deaths annually due to extreme heat.3
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Arkansas
Super Bowl champion Mitch Petrus dies of heat stroke at 32
Posted Jul 19, 2019
By The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ? Officials say former New York Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus has died in Arkansas of apparent heat stroke. He was 32.
Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital. He says Petrus had worked outside all day at his family shop, and that his cause of death is listed as heat stroke.
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Pennsylvania
JULY 22, 2019
Philadelphia man dies from weekend heat wave ? city's first hot weather death of 2019
BY EMILY ROLEN
Philadelphia authorities confirmed at least one person has died due to the excessive heat that torched the region during the weekend.
Officials with the Philadelphia Department of Health said a 70-year-old man's death in West Philadelphia on Saturday was due to the hot weather. No other details were provided.
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DC
Woman Dies After Hiking on Billy Goat Trail During Extreme Heat
Dangerous heat has gripped the D.C. region for days with feels-like temperatures exceeding 110 in some areas on Saturday and Sunday
By Gina Cook
Published Jul 21, 2019 at 4:55 PM | Updated at 12:58 PM EDT on Jul 22, 2019
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Heat-Related Death Toll In Maryland Rises To 10, According To Department Of Health
Categories: News, Local News, WJZTV
Four new heat-related deaths have been reported in Maryland.
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Illinois
Medical examiner confirms 2 heat-related deaths in Chicago, making 5 this season in Cook County
By MARIE FAZIO
CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
AUG 01, 2019 | 4:02 PM
Two people died from heat-related deaths in July, including a man who was taken to the hospital after an incident at Wrigley Field, bringing the total of those killed by the heat to five for the current season, the Cook County medical examiner?s office has determined.
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Arizona
Maricopa County Investigating Rise In Heat-Related Deaths
By Lauren Gilger
Published: Monday, July 29, 2019 - 11:38am
Updated: Monday, July 29, 2019 - 3:10pm
LAUREN GILGER: The death toll associated with heat in Maricopa County is on pace to exceed last year's, when 182 people died. As of July 20, Maricopa County Public Health Department reports there are 10 confirmed deaths and 63 cases under investigation. Despite having a pleasant spring, the heat this summer has been brutal. There have been 14 days with temperatures of 110 degrees and above. And this past weekend, nighttime temperatures cooled off to just 92 degrees.
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Extreme heat likely killed A/C technician found in attic of Arizona home, firefighters say
The extreme heat gripping much of the nation is suspected in the death of an air conditioning service technician working in a sweltering attic.
Friday, July 19, 2019
ARIZONA -- The extreme heat gripping much of the nation is suspected in the death of an air conditioning service technician working in a sweltering attic.
Authorities in a Phoenix, Arizona, suburb said the unidentified repairman was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead, KNXV reports.
Firefighters said his death appears to be heat-related, but a medical examiner will confirm the official cause.
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Man found dead in van in Phoenix; police say death likely heat-related
azfamily.com News Staff Posted Jul 16, 2019 6
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS5) -- A man has been found dead in a hot van near Grand and 15th avenues.
His body was discovered Tuesday afternoon.
Police say the man's death may be related to the extreme heat of the day.
...
The Impacts of Extreme Heat on Mental Health
Robin Cooper, MD
July 30, 2019
Climate Change, Mental Health
...
Extreme heat makes most of us cranky, more likely to have temper flares and feel agitated or listless. Yet heat waves are not benign uncomfortable periods but have profound health risks with potential for death. Heat waves are now considered the deadliest weather events, exceeding hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes combined. The death toll in India, a country with extreme poverty, experienced the fifth deadliest heat wave in history in 2015. That heat wave claimed 2500 heat-related deaths. By comparison, in the US where access to air-conditioning is more readily available, the CDC reported that between 1999 and 2010 there were an average of 618 deaths annually due to extreme heat.3
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Arkansas
Super Bowl champion Mitch Petrus dies of heat stroke at 32
Posted Jul 19, 2019
By The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ? Officials say former New York Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus has died in Arkansas of apparent heat stroke. He was 32.
Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Petrus died Thursday night at a North Little Rock hospital. He says Petrus had worked outside all day at his family shop, and that his cause of death is listed as heat stroke.
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Pennsylvania
JULY 22, 2019
Philadelphia man dies from weekend heat wave ? city's first hot weather death of 2019
BY EMILY ROLEN
Philadelphia authorities confirmed at least one person has died due to the excessive heat that torched the region during the weekend.
Officials with the Philadelphia Department of Health said a 70-year-old man's death in West Philadelphia on Saturday was due to the hot weather. No other details were provided.
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DC
Woman Dies After Hiking on Billy Goat Trail During Extreme Heat
Dangerous heat has gripped the D.C. region for days with feels-like temperatures exceeding 110 in some areas on Saturday and Sunday
By Gina Cook
Published Jul 21, 2019 at 4:55 PM | Updated at 12:58 PM EDT on Jul 22, 2019
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