By SA国际传媒 Staff
As temperatures rise, you should be aware of the communities particularly vulnerable to extreme temperatures who you鈥檙e going to be responding to at a greater rate.
In this clip, Sunny Wescott, lead meteorologist for the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, details risks to patient populations from extreme heat.
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Wescott discusses:
- Low income families who can鈥檛 afford to fix their HVAC when it breaks
- Patients who don鈥檛 want to abandon pets to travel to cooling centers
- Children and those waiting for public transportation who are exposed to the sun for extended periods