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eat has proved to be humans’
greatest natural enemy.
According to an ABC
story heatwaves have caused more deaths in Australia in the past 200 years than
any other natural hazard.
Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 illustrate that
perfectly as the bushfires themselves killed about 170 people and resulted in
media saturation, but what was very little reported was the fact that extreme heat
in the week preceding the fires killed more than 300 people.
And now the ABC
reports: “Western Australian researchers say they have discovered the best way
to predict the impact a heatwave will have on the health system, through the
same formula used to predict the heatwave itself.
“The group from Curtin University and the health department
found the formula, developed by the Bureau of Meteorology to predict the
severity of a forthcoming heatwave, could also be used to accurately predict
the resulting demand on health services.”
Read the ABC story
- “Impact of heatwaves on health system can be accurately predicted, WA researchers say.”
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