Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions

Poll workers. Pilgrims. Tourists on a hike.All have died in blistering heat in recent weeks around the world, a harrowing reminder of the global dangers of extreme weather as a severe heat wave bears down on more than 70 million Americans this week.Dozens of cities in Mexico broke heat records in May and June, killing more than 100 people. India has been under an extraordinarily long heat wave that killed several…