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 by Staff Writers Montreal (AFP) July 5, 2018
A heat wave in Quebec has killed 33 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, officials said Thursday. Eighteen of the dead were reported in the provincial capital Montreal, according to regional public health director Mylene Drouin. She added that the majority of the victims in the city were men aged between 53 and 85 living in vulnerable conditions and without access to air conditioning. The rest of the deaths occurred in other parts of the French-speaking province. Environment Canada forecast a maximum of 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday with a heat index (what the temperature feels like to the human body) of up to 45 Celsius. The heat wave is expected to end by Thursday evening with temperatures between 23 and 25 degrees Celsius over the next few days. "My thoughts are with the loved ones of those who died in Quebec during this heat wave," tweeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "The record is expected to continue in central & eastern Canada, so make sure you know how to protect yourself & your family." No deaths had been reported for the same period in the neighboring province of Ontario, which has also sizzled under extremely high temperatures. In 2010, a heat wave killed around 100 people in the Montreal area.
Floridians could face far more frequent, intense heatwaves Daytona FL (SPX) May 25, 2018 By the late 21st century, if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations reach worst-case projections, Floridians could experience summer heatwaves three times more frequently, and each heatwave could last six times longer than at present, according to Meteorology Professor Shawn M. Milrad of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "More extreme heatwaves in Florida would have profound impacts on human health as well as the state's economy," Milrad said. "Heatwaves are a silent killer, claiming hundre ... read more
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