extreme heat

Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods or any other weather-related disaster. Advocates said Indiana lawmakers need to do more to protect people from getting their fans and air conditioners shut off in the summer.

It’s been an active season for tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest due to various factors like hot and cold jet streams and climate change. This could create lasting public health challenges.

The Biden administration has proposed standards for protecting farm workers in extreme heat. That’s good news for workers in Indiana — where there aren’t state laws to protect them from heat, only federal guidelines. But enforcing those new standards could be difficult.