Special Edition: Historic Heat Waves - A 'Silent Killer' We Can Stop
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 5 August 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Heat is the top weather-related killer in the U.S. each year, and our heat waves are getting both hotter and longer. I'm chatting with Dr. Ashley Ward, the director of Duke University's Heat Policy Innovation Hub, about what can be done about it.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, August 5th. |
| 0:02.4 | Summer always brings warmth, but this year has been historic, even record setting in many |
| 0:07.1 | areas. |
| 0:08.1 | Millions of people across America and the world have been under heat alerts, experiencing |
| 0:12.2 | heat waves that aren't just uncomfortable, but also dangerous. |
| 0:16.1 | Heat is actually the top weather-related killer in the US each year. |
| 0:19.8 | So what can be done about it, at home, in our communities, and within the government? |
| 0:24.8 | Today, I'm chatting about all of that with the director of Duke University's Heat |
| 0:28.4 | Policy Innovation Hub, Dr. Ashley Ward. |
| 0:31.3 | She brings together scientists and community leaders to develop policy solutions that |
| 0:35.1 | reduce the impacts of extreme heat with the goal of keeping people safe and healthy. |
| 0:39.5 | She's here to share everything from quick tips to cool off fast even when the power is |
| 0:43.2 | out, to when we might even see some areas in the US become uninhabitable because of the |
| 0:48.8 | heat. |
| 0:49.8 | All of this, as our heat waves, get hotter, longer, and are not likely to let up anytime |
| 0:54.6 | soon. |
| 0:56.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday. |
| 1:00.5 | When we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something |
| 1:04.0 | in the news. |
| 1:05.0 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes, where |
| 1:08.4 | we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 1:10.8 | I'm Eric Commandy. |
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