Introduction: 365,000 people

Michiganders faced a series of dangerous
weather disasters Tuesday, including 100-degree heat,
severe thunderstorms that knocked out

power to more than 365,000 homes and
businesses, and tornado sirens.
“This is the type of unstable event we see

once or twice a year,” Dave Cook,
a meteorologist with the National Weather
Service in White Lake Township, said late

Tuesday afternoon as he tracked the storms
across the state. ” he said. “And now it’s here.”
In addition to the heat and strong storms,

the weather bureau warned earlier today
that an unusual summer pattern could bring
damaging winds and even quarter-sized hail.

According to the US Department of Health
and Human Services, there were 1,602
heat-related deaths in 2021, rising to 1,722 in

2022 and 2,302 in 2023. Due to the dangerously
hot weather in June and now August,
this number could be even higher in 2024.

Warming lakes, forest fires

Research shows that warming not only threatens human health, but also leads to drier conditions, warming lakes and oceans, melting polar ice caps and an increase in glaciers, more active wildfires, and drier forest fuels.

Climate projections show that the area burned by wildfires doubled from 1984 to 2015 as forest moisture decreased in the western United States from 1979 to 2015, and more fires are expected as temperatures rise

And fires affect air quality and endanger human health.

As climate scientists warn that hot summers are becoming more frequent and extreme, concerns about extreme weather events are so great that more than 20 organizations have petitioned the federal government this year for unusual changes to disaster relief eligibility

But forecasters expect it to cool down this week and temperatures next week will be in the 70s.

Another commented: “I’m so hot,” with an animation of a woman basking in the hot sun.

But someone else, who identifies himself on his online profile as originally from Howell but now living in the South, might joke, “Just an average day here in Alabama,” to which someone else would respond, “That’s not why we live. “In Alabama.”