{"id":3186,"date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/heatwave-expected-intensify-week-leading-increased-risk-heart-attacks-deaths-according-wmo\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:00:00","slug":"heatwave-expected-intensify-week-leading-increased-risk-heart-attacks-deaths-according-wmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/heatwave-expected-intensify-week-leading-increased-risk-heart-attacks-deaths-according-wmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat wave expected to intensify this week leading to increased risk of heart attacks, deaths, according to WMO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Temperatures in North America, Asia, and across North Africa<\/a> and the Mediterranean will be above 40\u00b0C for a prolonged number of days this week as the heatwave intensifies,” the WMO said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Overnight minimum temperatures were also set to reach new highs, according to the WMO, creating risks of increased cases of heart attacks and deaths.<\/p>\n

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“The Mediterranean heatwave is big but nothing like what’s been through North Africa,” said John Nairn, Senior Extreme Heat Advisor for WMO. “It’s developing into Europe at this stage.”<\/p>\n

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