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100M Americans Set to Face Heat Wave

100M Americans Set to Face Heat Wave

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The Facts

  • According to the US National Weather Service (NWS), over 100M Americans across the Midwest, Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic will face "record-breaking" heat this week.

  • Northeastern states like Vermont, Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania will face temperatures 20-25 degrees above normal for the month of June. Extreme heat warnings for temperatures above 90°F have already been issued from the Great Lakes to NYC and Boston.


The Spin

TheBurning burning of fossil fuels has led to annual record-breaking heat for several years now, and what's most troubling is that heat-related deaths are rising alongsideas these temperature changeswell. FromEverywhere north to south and east to west, Americans are finding it moreincreasingly and more difficult to avoid these lethal heat waves. AsThis human beings are the ones who created inorganic global warming, this catastrophe can only be stopped if human behavior changes.

The media sensationalizeskeeps sensationalizing natural disaster stories so much that people think the world is always on fire. What they don't include is that natural disaster deaths have dropped by 92% since their peak in the 1920s. andThanks to human ingenuity, carbon emissions are also predicted to decline in both rich and poor countries in the coming decade. As countries work to lower emissions to the best of their ability, societyprotecting will continue to adapt technologically to protect people from severe weather when it occurs.


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