The 2015 European Heat Wave

the deadly heat wave of pakistan, june 2015

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The Deadly Heat Wave of Pakistan, June 2015.

deadly heat wave in karachi, july 2015: negligence or mismanagement?

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A Review of the European Summer Heat Wave of 2003

R. GARCÍA-HERRERA,1 J. DÍAZ,2 R. M. TRIGO,3,4 J. LUTERBACHER,5 and E. M. FISCHER6,7 1Departamento Fı́sica de la Tierra II, Facultad de CC Fı́sicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain 2Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain 3CGUL, IDL, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 4Departamento de Engenharias, U...

Are European countries prepared for the next big heat-wave?

BACKGROUND Heat-waves present severe dangers to populations' health. Due to climate change, an increase in the frequency and intensity of heat-waves is to be expected. Public health measures to prevent negative health effects have been developed in several member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region over the past decade. METHODS This study presents the first comprehen...