US EditionHeat Exposes Vulnerabilities, Dog-Sized Dinosaurs, Jack the Ripper Tourism: Catch up on the Day’s Stories | News Channel 3-12
- On Tuesday, the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Northeast experienced the hottest day in over a decade, with record temperatures in cities like Boston and Newark.
- This extreme heat resulted from a developing heat wave that began over the weekend and was intensified by climate change, which made such events at least five times more likely.
- Infrastructure cracked under the heat as roads buckled in several states, trains were canceled, and hospitals struggled to maintain power and air conditioning, while heat-related illnesses increased at events in New Jersey and Washington, DC.
- Bernadette Woods Placky of Climate Central explained that while high temperatures have long existed, climate change is causing these conditions to reach unprecedented intensities and durations.
- The event exposed vulnerabilities in public health and infrastructure, indicating increased risks from more frequent and severe heatwaves as global temperatures rise.
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By Andrew Freedman and Mary Gilbert, CNN Cracked roads, broken bridges, delayed trains, overloaded power grids causing dangerous outages, heat illness cases and canceled sporting events: These are some of the effects of this week's sweltering heat wave, which left Tuesday as the hottest day in more than a decade. Just as previous disasters have exposed the United States' vulnerabilities to other extreme weather events, this week has highlighted …
Heat exposes vulnerabilities, dog-sized dinosaurs, Jack the Ripper tourism: Catch up on the day’s stories | News Channel 3-12
By Daniel Wine Welcome to 5 Things PM! The US wasted 73.9 million tons of unsold or uneaten food — nearly one-third of the country’s total supply — in 2023, according to ReFED, a nonprofit focused on reform. Food markdown apps are a popular way to score cheap meals destined for garbage bins. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 Things 1⃣ Extreme heat: Buckled roads. Broken bridges. Delayed trains. Strained power grids t…
US heat wave exposes infrastructure, health vulnerabilities – and it’s not quite over yet
As previous disasters have laid bare the US’ vulnerabilities to other types of extreme weather, this week is revealing strains in infrastructure and highlighting public health risks when faced with record-breaking heat.
US heat wave exposes infrastructure, health vulnerabilities
Buckled roads. Broken bridges. Delayed trains. Strained power grids that led to dangerous outages. Cases of heat illness and canceled sporting events. These were just a few of the effects from this week’s oppressive heat wave, which brought the hottest day in over a decade on Tuesday
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