There are ways in which the meteorologist on TV or radio talks about heatwaves. Your reporting seems to suggest it's not going far enough. What doesn't the nightly news tell us that we should know? You've been reporting on some groups who've been thinking about how to communicate the dangers of heatwaves more effectively.
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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