Already, at least one homeless man has died from suspected exposure in Houston. But, will we see a huge spike in mortality, similar to those after some extreme heat events (such as Chicago in 1995 and Europe in 2003)? Weather and public health experts say that’s unlikely. “There will be some extra deaths related to hypothermia, shoveling heart attacks, and accidents,” added Larry Kalkstein, another expert in temperature-related mortality at the University of Miami. “The infrastructure can’t deal with weather of this kind with any efficiency,” Kalkstein wrote in an email.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2021 13:23 UTC