BEIJING — China is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the south and a heat wave prompting fears of a drought for farmers in the north. One landslide trapped a truck in Songxi county, and videos posted online by the Quanzhou government showed vehicles inundated …
Heat waves and air pollution from wildfire smoke and other sources are each problematic for human health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as older adults. The risk of death on those extra-hot and polluted days was about three times greater than the effect of either high heat or high air pollution alone. Why risks are higher when both hit at …
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