Lethal levels of heat and humidity are gripping global ‘hot spots’ sooner than expected

Lethal levels of heat and humidity are gripping global ‘hot spots’ sooner than expected

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/lethal-levels-heat-and-humidity-are-gripping-global-hot-spots-sooner-expected

Amritsar, India, is one place that has reeled under higher than normal heat and humidity.

From the shores of the Persian Gulf to the foothills of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, hot weather is reaching levels humans can’t endure. An analysis of 4 decades of data from thousands of weather stations shows that a handful of hot spots around the globe are experiencing a potentially lethal mix of heat and humidity—something most of these places weren’t expected to experience until midcentury.