![]() ![]() If you work outside and have access to cool water, consider soaking your shirt and repeating the process every hour or whenever it dries out, Ward said. Wear sunglasses and a wide-brimmed hat or cap. Limit your sun exposure by staying in the shade or using an umbrella. But that doesn’t mean healthy people are immune, said Ashley Ward, director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. Older adults, young children and people with chronic illnesses like diabetes are most at risk. The body normally cools itself by sweating, but extreme heat can interrupt your ability to do that, potentially leading to heat exhaustion or heat stroke, organ failure or death. That means even without a particular weather phenomenon, like what we’re seeing in Texas right now, we’re seeing temperatures we aren’t used to, and that in its own right is a risk.” “It’s getting hotter just about everywhere. No one thinks about it,” said Ben Zaitchik, a professor and climate scientist at Johns Hopkins University whose research includes heat waves. ![]() ![]() Heat kills more Americans than any other weather event, including tornadoes and flooding, even though most heat-related deaths are preventable through outreach and intervention, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. ![]()
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