Extreme weather, especially natural disasters, tends to come with less-than-desirable ripple effects for everyone impacted.
Cancelled flights, power outages, and flooding can pose major inconveniences in people’s lives, especially if they’re not equipped to protect themselves and their property. Sadly, it is not unusual for tornadoes, hurricanes, and other comparable storms to ruin people’s homes, leaving them without shelter and with limited financial resources in the aftermath.
Hurricane Beryl, which just struck Texas earlier this month, made national news, especially given the many Houston residents who were without power, days after the storm.
Now, new information shows the extent to which extreme weather is posing real danger to elderly individuals across the board.
This could be a major problem moving forward
Geriatrician Ian Neel recently dived into one of the most pressing threats that older people face in today’s world. At a webinar, he revealed that individuals 65+ often find themselves enduring injuries from extreme heat waves.
