More than 5,000 temperature records broken in the US

The warning is expected to affect the lives and activities of more than 35 million people here. NOAA said more than 5,000 temperature records have been broken in the US in the past 30 days.

In Maricopa County, Arizona, a southwestern state in the United States, record-breaking heat over the past three to four weeks has left many people with severe, even life-threatening sunburns. The rising number of people experiencing this condition is placing a burden on many hospitals.

Bright sunshine in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), July 12, 2023. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

“The number of patients with severe sunburns is unusually high,” said Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the burn unit at the Arizona Burn Center. “The severity of the burns is also higher, and we don’t have a good explanation for that.”

Dr. Foster said his center’s 45 beds are full. About 30 percent of the patients admitted to the center are sunburned and have fallen on the ground. Half of the patients who are treated in intensive care are burned after falling on the ground.

Experts warn that pavements can be dangerous for those who go outside without protective clothing. This is because pavements made of concrete or dark asphalt absorb heat and heat up. Dr Foster warns that people who are on concrete or asphalt pavements can develop third-degree sunburn within 10 to 20 minutes. Third-degree sunburns can mean multiple surgeries, weeks or even months of hospital treatment and skin reconstruction.

According to doctors, extreme heat often causes health problems such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke. However, during this heat wave in the US, there have been several reports of sunburn similar to what happened a few years ago.

Depending on the position of the fall, the victim could get sunburned, according to Dr. Frank LoVecchio, an emergency room physician at Valleywise Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. “If they fall on their knees on concrete or asphalt in the heat of the day, they could get sunburned in a matter of minutes. Sadly, this happens quite often,” LoVecchio explained.

Dr. Rena Carlson, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, said it is important for people to take necessary precautions. According to her, if people need to walk their pets outside in hot weather, they should do so in the morning or late evening instead of in the afternoon when the temperature on concrete and asphalt absorbs heat and heats up.

Regarding the wildfires in New Mexico, the Southwest United States, in 2022, the US Forest Service admitted that these wildfires were caused by the intentional burning of dry forest materials such as dry branches and grass, which can easily cause large-scale and uncontrollable wildfires.

The agency conducted a year-long investigation into the cause and concluded that burning such dry materials caused large forest fires, without preventing them. The results of the investigation raised questions about the effectiveness of the forest clearing measure.

In the spring of 2022, wildfires broke out and spread rapidly across the US states of Arizona and New Mexico due to strong winds and hot, dry weather. With wildfires spreading over an area of about 1,373 km2 and destroying many homes and affecting people's livelihoods, the wildfires in New Mexico were recorded as the largest wildfires in the history of the state.

(Source: Tin Tuc Newspaper)

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