We can expect more of these in the future. “Devastating droughts like the one pushing Somalia to the brink of famine are made far deadlier when they combine with extreme heat. “Heat waves account for some of the deadliest disasters on record,” Martin Griffiths, who heads OCHA, told reporters. That toll made up more than one-sixth of the more than 410,000 deaths from disasters linked to extreme weather and climate over the same span, the report said, citing previous Red Cross calculations. The report, “Extreme Heat: Preparing for the Heatwaves of the Future,” said 38 heat waves accounted for the deaths of more than 70,000 people worldwide from 2010 to 2019 - a likely underestimate of the real toll - on top of the fallout on lives and livelihoods. ![]() ![]() humanitarian aid agency OCHA and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued Monday their first joint report, chronicling the devastation of past scorchers and laying out ways to prepare for and limit the damage of future ones. GENEVA (AP) - The international Red Cross and the United Nations are urging people and governments to do more to beat the heat, by preparing better for heat waves like recent ones from Sacramento, California, to Somalia to Sichuan, China, that could take many lives in the future.
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