January 27 is the deadliest day in Australia for heat-related deaths, with heatwaves posing a greater threat to mortality than any other natural hazard including bushfires and floods.There have been more than 4500 deaths caused by periods of extreme heat since 1900, more than the total of other natural disasters combined, according to new statistical findings from risk industry analysts Risk Frontiers.
“Another interesting finding is that people weren’t really doing much shortly before they died. They might be sitting on their couch or sleeping: business as usual,” he said.New analysis of Australian coronial records relating to heatwave deaths between 2000 and 2018 found there were 473 deaths reported that were explicitly heat-related, of which 354 occurred during heatwave conditions.
Most of the fatalities that occurred indoors happened in older houses, highlighting the need for governments to find inexpensive ways to support people living in public housing or renting to adapt their homes to extreme heat. Installing rooftop solar on all suitable public housing properties would be a good first step, allowing tenants to use their air conditioning for longer periods, she said.
Maybe the deniers spend some time out in inland Australia away from the coast and air conditioning?
Not at the moment. It's covid causing far more deaths right now.
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Wait, this country has other causes of death? I thought it was just covid. Holy crap!
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Time to move down south?
more lies & bs was hot last century & the one before
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