- Hundreds of people reportedly died from the heat, with the majority of deaths in British Columbia.”In the United States, heat-related mortality is the No. 1 weather-related killer.”Every heat wave occurring today is made more likely and more intense by climate change.
Last week’s deadly and record-breaking heat wave in parts of the Western U.S. and Canada would have been “virtually impossible” without the influence of climate change, according to a study released Wednesday by leading scientists, who said global warming made the extreme temperatures at least 150 times more likely to occur.
Hundreds of people were reported to have died because of the heat, and the majority of deaths were in British Columbia, Canada. More than 100 people died