Human Activity Tied to Deadly Heat Waves
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While human activity probably isn&#39;t directly responsible for the 2003 heat wave that caused thousands of deaths in Europe, British researchers say human influence on the
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High levels of  may be killing off people living in cities around the world, experts suspect.
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Tens of thousands of survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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Experts warn a deadly heatwave in the UK could be imminent - but global warming may mean fewer temperature-related deaths.
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France and Italy reported new victims of a heatwave that has engulfed Europe for the last two weeks, bringing the number of deaths to more than 80 people, as storms also took their toll.
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Extreme weather, drought and spreading disease are on the horizon if something isn't done to rein in the human impact on the environment, a new study says. By the Associated Press.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heatwaves like last year's, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heat waves like last yearâs, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Blistering heat settled over the eastern half of the nation Tuesday, sending man and beast in desperate search of relief: An air-conditioned subway car in New York City. A plunge into the Atlantic Ocean in New Jersey. And cold showers for suffering livestock in Ohio.
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BBC News website readers in the US and Europe have been describing the extreme heatwaves sweeping their regions.
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Scorching heat that has gripped Southern California for more than a week is responsible for at least 14 deaths, authorities said Tuesday.
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Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall in South Asia, and an historic heat wave in Europe.
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Emissions of greenhouse gases have more than doubled the risk of European heatwaves similar to last year&#39;s, according to a study by UK scientists.
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Department of Health report says heatwave in south-east England could kill 3,000 people
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Immediate health threats include wounds from stepping on nails and broken glass and dehydration and heatstroke from exposure in hot muggy weather.
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Global warming caused by human activity has more than doubled the risk of summers as hot as in 2003, when thousands of people in Europe died of heat-related causes, according to a UK study published in the journal Nature.