Official counts of "heatstroke deaths" are often low, sometimes just a few hundred in a bad season, because many heat-related deaths are not labelled as such. This implies that the toll could be much higher.
  • Damage@feddit.it
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    11 days ago

    I remember arguing with Indians on Reddit 10 years ago who spouted stuff like: “The West polluted first, it’s our turn now to develop our economy!”

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      7·
      11 days ago

      It probably won’t look quite like that because cheap solar is going to power air conditioning at a scale which gets most people through it

    • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
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      10 days ago

      There are regions at very high risk: India and South Asian cities, Rio de Janeiro, West Africa, Mekka during the islamic Haji.

      But a combination of wide-ranging power failure around a big city and extreme heat could also become deadly in places like the US.

      And IIRC heat deaths are often not recognized, heat stroke fucks essential body systems and the consequences might appear days later and be classified as heart attack or circulatory failure.

  • Gladaed@feddit.org
    7·
    11 days ago

    This is about a twentieth of their birthrate, just in case someone else cannot comprehend dying on a population scale.