New forecasting tool aims to identify the risk from extreme heat
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WANE 15— Learn about a new forecasting tool that combines extreme heat and the human impacts that are experienced.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)—NOAA expands availability of new heat forecast tool ahead of summer. Collaboration with CDC provides health guidance for those most vulnerable to heat.
The Independent—When red-hot isn't enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level. U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level
Boing Boing—Magenta is the color of danger in new climate change heat risk chart. Step aside, color red, there's a new, scariest hue in town. This Earth Day, the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control announced a new, color-coded heat risk system. And the worst case scenario is represented by magenta. The AP reports that this terrifying rainbow begins with green (little to no risk) up through yellow, orange, red and now, the new Big Bad, magenta. — Read the rest