Extreme heat can have devastating effects. For example, in 2003 over 35,000 lives were lost, due to Europe's record heat wave, many of them senior citizens.

    Heat waves contribute to the deaths of elderly people because their air conditioner has broken, or because they simply do not have a source of cool air circulation in their homes. Heat related illnesses could cause permanent disability or death. Following the proper precautionary measures, however, will help keep seniors out of harms way.
 

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