Outdoor graduation ceremony becomes ‘mass casualty incident’ as over 150 people fall ill to extreme heat: ‘I couldn’t breathe’
A few high school graduates in New Jersey postponed During a two -part ceremony on Monday, it caused the city of Paterson after excessive heat Firefighter Chief Reported According to The Guardian, a “mass wounded event”.
What’s happening?
On Sunday, the “heat dome” began to descend into the vast areas of the northeast and Middle West, and more than 100 million Americans covered an over -heat warning that lasted one day because it covered Boston, New York and Baltimore.
More than 150 people were ill at New Jersey Paterson at a pair of high school graduation ceremony on Monday.
Accordingly NBC NewsPaterson Fire Department initially responded to the first of two events. In the morning ceremony, about 50 people were ill due to excessive heat.
A second ceremony held in the afternoon proceeded as planned and 100 participants had to require medical intervention. Nine of the sick ones were taken to hospital.
Paterson Mayor André Saygh then canceled all the “entertainment activities” and the heat index approached 110 degrees as a state of emergency.
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Heat index or “Visible temperature“This is how external temperatures feel when accounting for moisture.
Why was this incident so interested?
CBS NewsThe scope of the events underlined the insidious nature of high temperatures and how fast Heat -related disease He can endanger everyone.
Excessive heat is an excessive air format and has resulted in an average annual death from hurricanes, hurricanes and lightning strikes in the last thirty years. Increased average global temperatures and heating seas are likened to as “steroids” when it comes to excessive air.
Heat waves, hurricanes, fires and severe storms have always been part of the weather conditions – but While the planet is overheatingThey became much more deadly, more expensive and they emerged much more often.
Excessive heat, even for young and healthy risks occur, and in Paterson graduates and spectators became ill.
Ciarra Bailey, a graduate of Rosa Parks High School, said, “It was tired. News12 New Jersey. Another participant witnessed “people who fainted around us”.
Climate researcher Michael Mann, existing climatic models, “climate change and today is eroding the relationship between permanent summer air,” he said Cnn.
The city of Paterson is a heat warning In front of ceremonies on the website. However, more than 150 people were seriously ill.
What to do about excessive heat?
Local municipalities opened in Paterson and most of the eastern coast Cooling centers For residents who do not have access to a climate controlled environment.
The events in Paterson’s graduation ceremonies took place at the beginning of the season, and typically warmer months have not yet arrived.
As excessive heat waves become more powerful and more frequent, the awareness of the effect of the climate on the weather is important-especially heat-related diseases are rapidly moving and extremely dangerous.
During a heat wave, moisturized and avoiding unnecessary effort are two main ways to be safe.
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