Für Kalifornien werden derzeit jedes Jahr über 3000 hitzebedingte Erkrankungen (HRI – Health-Related Illnesses) gemeldet. Die Anzahl dieser Meldungen wird wahrscheinlich unterschätzt, steigt aber seit den 2000er Jahren an (Heinzerling et al. 2020).
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