Moscow Death Rate Doubles From Worst Heat Wave in 1000 Years

treehugger.com — When the heatwave/forest fire/drought in Russia started a few weeks ago things were bad enough, with Moscow engulfed in smog the likes of which it had never seen and drought stunting crops in the countryside. Well, things have only gotten worse since then--the daily death rates doubling due to a combination of heat and unhealthy air. Aug 9, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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eastwood24 Aug 9, 2010

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From one of the links:

"MOSCOW: Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said Monday."

Man, this is absolutely horrible.

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biofriendlyblog Aug 9, 2010

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I can't even imagine how horrible that would be :(

pinkpackrat Aug 10, 2010

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this is really quite shocking. What is the rest of the world doing to help?

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janineee Aug 10, 2010

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Denying people have anything to do with it.
But, seriously, this is pretty outrageous. It would be nice if they were offered some assistance or at least some advice since they are not use to such warm conditions.

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