This week is Minnesota Severe Weather Awareness Week, and the National Weather Service-Twin Cities has designated a daily topic each day of the week. Friday’s topic is heat waves.

• Since 1993, 14 people have died in Minnesota from excessive heat and humidity, making heat and humidity our second-deadliest weather events, after floods.
• The Heat Index measures how hot it feels when relative humidity is added to the air temperature. Heat Index values were devised for shady conditions with light wind; exposure to full sunshine can increase values by up to 15 degrees.
• Heat disorders, like exhaustion and stroke, can occur when the body loses its ability to shed heat through circulation and sweating. Heat-related illnesses may develop when the body cannot compensate for loss through perspiration and the core body temperature rises.

Source: Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s Severe Weather Awareness Week Web site

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