Heatwaves are national emergencies and the public need to know
by Bob Ward from Environment | The Guardian on (#2TH2Y)
Lethal risks of extreme weather are under-reported and government must stop cutting public awareness funds
Hundreds of people across the UK are likely to be killed by a natural disaster this week, but their deaths will not be the subject of ministerial statements or newspaper reports, even though a failure of government policy is partly responsible.
The heatwave conditions are causing preventable deaths partly because large swaths of the population wrongly believe that extremely hot days are becoming less common.
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