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Meteorologist say last month was the hottest June ever recorded 112 degrees at Hanford.

And we had a record high temperature of 104 in Salt Lake City. The mercury will blast past

previous record highs in the low hundreds on a sprint towards breathtaking new records of 115

degrees according to some forecasts. In late June, we saw record breaking temperatures sweep

the Pacific Northwest. We had 110 degrees at Mercedet, California, 114 being at Fresno.

That is the highest in recorded history. And the problem is global, notes Vijay Lemay,

a climate and health scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

In Pakistan and across South Asia, recorded temperatures, you know, recent years have

approached or exceeded 120 degrees Fahrenheit. That's near the limit of tolerability for what

the human body can handle. Not to mention another massive issue.

Impacts of climate change on public health are hugely inequitable around the world.

And the climate crisis threatens to widen and worsen existing health disparities both here in the US.

And elsewhere, especially in the global South.

Lemay also says it's important to remember, you know, behind all the headlines on climate

extremes and broken temperature records, there are real people that are increasingly in harm's

way. In British Columbia, almost 500 people have died. In Oregon, it's nearly 80. And in Washington

state, at least 20 deaths have been reported. Dr. Renee Salis is an emergency medicine physician

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