Climate change is already hurting your health — and government inaction means it's only going to get worse
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Talks of climate change often spur thoughts of a far-off dystopia for future generations. But a new report shows that climate change is already damaging "the very foundations of our health and well-being" — and that governments are not doing enough to prevent it from getting substantially worse.
"There is no safe global temperature rise from a health perspective, and additional warming will affect every U.S. region," said the report, published by medical journal The Lancet. "...All of us have been or likely will be affected by climate change, with some hazards more easily recognizable than others."
Droughts, extreme heat and wildfires are among the most visible and widely-discussed threats, as they cause immediate devastation and fuel future implications, such as rising sea levels. In the U.S. last year, the journal pointed out, there were a "record-breaking" 22 weather and climate disasters that each caused over $1 billion in damage and more than $95 billion in total losses.
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.