Japan is set to begin this year's operation of its Special Heat Stroke Alert system Wednesday in an effort to reduce health risks from extreme summer heat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/19/japan/science-health/special-heat-stroke-index/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatwaves #heatstroke #environmentministry #climatechange
https://www.europesays.com/2008814/ Japan to start special heatstroke alert system Wednesday #ClimateChange #EnvironmentMinistry #HeatWaves #heatstroke #japan
As Japan braces for another summer of record-breaking heat, the health ministry has decided to make businesses that fail to take heatstroke countermeasures criminally liable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/japan/science-health/health-ministry-heatstrokes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #heat #heatstroke #heatwaves
Women and girls continue to bear disproportionate impacts of heatwaves in South Sudan that have become a constant threat
#ExtremeHeat has affected a large region of continental Eastern #Africa since mid-February. Extreme daytime temperatures have been recorded in South #Sudan particularly affecting people in poor housing and outdoor workers, a very large part of the population.
After dozens of children collapsed with #heatstroke in #Juba, schools were closed for two weeks nationwide starting February 20 and the population was advised to stay indoors and keep hydrated. Both are a huge challenge for many across the country as houses are often built with iron roofs, lack cooling and electricity and access to clean #water. In Juba, a third of the population does not have access to water and only 1% of the city offers green space and shade for people who do not have access to cooling at home. #Heatwaves are arguably the deadliest type of #ExtremeWeather event and have a large impact beyond #mortality, on e.g., #morbidity, #agriculture, #infrastructure, and #economic opportunities the death toll is often underreported and not known until months after the event and many other impacts are not systematically assessed. Those reported so far in South Sudan only represent a very small #sample of the full impacts. The impacts we do see already disproportionately affect #women and #girls, and widen the gap between their opportunities and those of men in an already #unequal #society.
Article in Sierra Magazine. As a Wilderness First Aid trainer, there are *so many* blaring alarms on the way to this fellow's ultimate demise. #heatstroke #heatillness #firstaid
Japan lost a potential 2.2 billion labor hours due to extreme heat last year, rising 50% compared with the annual average in the 1990s and suffering a potential economic loss of $37.5 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/11/01/climate-change/lancet-countdown-report-2024-japan/ #environment #climatechange #climatechange #heatwaves #heatstroke #elderly #aging #heat
The number of people who were sent to a hospital for heatstroke in Japan from May to September came in at 97,578, the highest level for the five-month period since 2008 when the statistics began, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/29/japan/japan-heatstroke-five-month-record/ #japan #heatwaves #heatstroke
