‘Record-shattering March temperatures in Western North America virtually impossible without climate change’ confirm scientists regarding the record-shattering heatwave that affected the US this week.

The consequences are extraordinarily severe:

Heatwaves are the deadliest type of extreme weather, with hundreds of thousands of people dying from heat-related causes each year. Extreme heat is most deadly earlier in the year, when people have not acclimated to the heat, and vulnerable people are exposed to high temperatures for the first time.