Ville was the first city in the world to ever give a heatwave a name. The names are Zoe, Yago, Zinnia, Wentz-Slau and Vega. Did people behave themselves? Do they behave differently? We don't quite know yet.
As devastating heat waves like the recent one in China become more common, we’re going to need new ways of talking about them. Vox’s Neel Dhanesha explains a proposal to name heat waves.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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