UK: The Sky Is Falling
February 12th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Global Warming Will Kill Thousands In UK
Sweetness & Light
UK Guardian
Andrew Sparrow
Climate change could lead to a heatwave in the south-east of England killing 3,000 people within the next decade, a Department of Health report said today.
It put the chances of a heatwave of that severity happening by 2017 at 25%.
Without preventative action, the report said that a nine-day heatwave, with temperatures averaging at least 27 degrees over 24 hours, would cause 3,000 immediate deaths, with another 3,350 people dying from heat-related conditions during the summer.
