EXCLUSIVE Exactly how heat stroke gradually destroys the body - and causes organ failure in just 15 minutes READ MORE: Heat stroke can strike in minutes and be lethal at any age By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:33 EDT, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 13:33 EDT, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments As temperatures soar across the US, experts are warning of the dangers of deadly heat stroke — which can start to develop after just 10 minutes of sitting outdoors in many parts of the country. This week, meterologists sounded the alarm as swathes of the Northeast, Midwest, and even parts of Canada are set to face a 'dangerous' heat wave and heat indexes over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Already the leading weather-related killer in the US, the heat is leading officials to warn the millions in the heatwave's area to take the next few days' climate 'seriously,' or risk becoming one of the 700 Americans who die from it each year. This week, two tourists, including one American, were found dead in Greece amid a 'history making' heat wave , with temperatures topping 109 F. Just days earlier, physician and Daily Mail columnist Dr Michael Mosley was found beside a Greek beach, having died days earlier from 'natural causes' while on a hike.
A woman stretches up her hand while laying in a patch of shade with a books at Yards Park, Sunday, in DC, where max heat indices will approach 105 degrees this week Dr Michael Mosley died two and a half hours after leaving his wife Dr Cl.
