Heat-related deaths in the United States are significantly underreported due to inconsistent and incomplete data collection methods.

NPR: NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll "...Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat. As summer heat intensifies because of human-driven climate change, the United States' official tally of heat-related deaths does not come close to capturing the full human toll. The data feeding into nationwide death counts is collected inconsistently and rarely thoroughly. The result is a vast undercount of the number of people who die because of heat...." https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5724225/heat-wave-death-toll-tracker #heatwave #climateemergency #climate

NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5724225/heat-wave-death-toll-tracker?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Climate @climate-npr