"The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records. With May already breaking heat records, 2024 could be even deadlier."
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"According to an "excess death" study by Texas A&M’s Dessler and his colleague Jangho Lee, about 11,000 heat deaths likely occurred in 2023 in the U.S."
https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change-humidity-south-11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d
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