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Southwest Airlines blames the boiling summer heat for exploding soda cans that have injured 20 flight attendants

Sun, 07/21/2024 - 12:18

Tech Insider : Travel

Southwest Airlines planes — Southwest Airlines flight attendants are being attacked by exploding soda cans.
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Transportation, Travel, southwest-airlines, heatwave, Injuries, air-travel

It's getting so hot, EMTs are putting overheated people in iced body bags

Fri, 06/28/2024 - 13:29

A firefighter demonstrates a cold water immersion technique on a mannequin wrapped in a blue tarp — Phoenix Fire Captain John Prato demonstrates how emergency medical professionals can treat heat stroke with ice and a body bag.
Anita Snow/AP Photo

Science, heat-stroke, emergency-medical-services-ems, heatwave, ice-bath

Extreme heat is already ruining summer travel — and it's only going to get worse

Fri, 06/14/2024 - 04:23

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel

Rescuers attending to an older woman. — Rescuers helping a woman affected by high temperatures at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday.
Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images

Travel, climate-change, Europe, heatwave, Travel

Europe is almost out of local olive oil supplies as extreme weather takes a toll on harvests

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 14:37

Spain produces roughly half of the world’s olive oil. — Spain produces roughly half of the world’s olive oil.
Insider

Markets, mi-exclusive, olive-oil, Shortage, extreme-heat, Oil, Europe

The safest place for some species of Florida coral? Land.

Mon, 08/07/2023 - 13:55

Tech Insider : Environment

A researcher stands in front of bleached coral samples preserved in water at a research site. — Temperatures off the Florida coast exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit in July, causing significant damage to nearby coral.
Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters

Science, coral, Florida Keys, extreme heat, weather, heatwave, Summer

US postal workers say agency's productivity tracking and inconsistent training is life-threatening amid extreme heat

Sun, 08/06/2023 - 06:00

Earlier this year, Texas letter carrier Eugene Gates Jr. died on the job while the heat index was at 110 degrees.

Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

News, United States Postal Service, Heat Stroke, National Association of Letter Carriers, heatwave, Workers

Texans are staying inside during record heat — and the state's economy could take a $9.5 billion hit from reduced business

Sat, 07/29/2023 - 06:20

Tech Insider : Economy

U.S. Veteran Bennie Earsle, 72, exits a store after buying a jug of water on June 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. — U.S. Veteran Bennie Earsle, 72, exits a store after buying a jug of water on June 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images

economy, Retail, Texas, Houston, Heat, heatwave, Climate Change

Climate change is the next mega-shock coming for markets and the economy, think tank says

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:33

Tech Insider : Climate Crisis, Economy

Heatwave Australia — A man sunbathes on rocks at a beach in Melbourne.
REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

Markets, MI Exclusive, US Economy and Markets, heatwave, Europe Heatwave, Climate Change, Global Warming

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