This dramatic heat wave before summer has even officially begun isn’t a freak occurrence: it’s an increasingly common, and dangerous, condition due to climate change.
in the previous five years, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
“I grew up in Las Vegas, and years ago, it was tolerable to be outside, regardless of what you were wearing, regardless of what time of day, regardless of what area you lived in,” he told Yahoo News. “But when it comes to today, the impacts have changed. ... It’s not tolerable anymore. I can spend maybe 30 minutes walking door-to-door, but I’m going to need to take a break, head inside, before I collapse, before I feel like I want to faint.
But Mary doesn’t have a working air conditioner. “She said, ‘It’s been two years that our air conditioner has been broken down. We can barely make rent, and now we have to fix our air-conditioning, which is not possible,’” Rivera recounted. “She has to work outside all day and then go home to a house with no AC.”
“A lot of our communities, we don’t have that much greenery,” OIiver said. “There’s a lot of dirt more than grass.” “The air quality has been terrible these recent days,” Rivera said. “I notice the difference from years back.”, as they are frequently near highways or polluted industrial sites.
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