11 weeks ago, a strange thing started happening in southwestern China. The nights are hot, the days are hotter and people are sweating through their shirts when they go outside. In the US, the deadliest weather phenomenon is heat, but we kind of treat it like an annoyance too. Coming up, heat waves have been faking us out to make us realize they're dangerous.
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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