Samira Shackle and Jeff Goodell explain the dangers resulting from extreme heat, and what society can do to mitigate them
David Azevedo died because of the heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a new job when a heatwave struck in the summer of 2022. He would not even see out his first week.
The journalist Samira Shackle interviews his sister Anne-Marie about what happened, and how her family have feared every heatwave since.
Continue reading…Samira Shackle and Jeff Goodell explain the dangers resulting from extreme heat, and what society can do to mitigate themDavid Azevedo died because of the heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a new job when a heatwave struck in the summer of 2022. He would not even see out his first week.The journalist Samira Shackle interviews his sister Anne-Marie about what happened, and how her family have feared every heatwave since. Continue reading…