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A supercharged El Niño is threatening more deadly heatwaves — and Americans are ignoring the risks

Heat is America’s top weather killer
— but two-thirds of adults show little concern, experts discover. For
many Americans, summer now means confronting a punishing heatwave at some
point. The Fourth of July weekend was one such case: Triple-digit
temperatures led to dozens of deaths in New Jersey, canceled holiday block
parties across states and resulted in buckling rail lines.

A historic,
supercharged global El Niño event isn’t going to make matters any better
— with more intense heat domes forecast this year on top of rising
temperatures linked to climate change, meteorologist Jeff Berardelli, told
The Independent. “90 percent of models say this will be a ‘historic
event’…. An event so intense it doesn’t exist in our approximately
175-year record. And the models show big impacts worldwide,” he said.

Despite these extreme conditions, large numbers of Americans appear
indifferent. Some two-thirds of U.S. adults are not moderately or very
worried about extreme heat, according to a recent study by the Yale Program
on Climate Change Communication.

 Independent 18th July 2026,
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/heat-wave-climate-change-el-nino-images-b3015749.html

July 24, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA