LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Heat temperatures in Could performed a job within the deaths of three individuals, in accordance with Clark County.
The county mentioned warmth stress was an element within the Could 9 deaths of an 86-year-old man with an irregular heartbeat and a 47-year-old man who overdosed on methamphetamine. On Could 11, one other 47-year-old man died primarily from warmth stress, however drug use and coronary heart illness had been listed as contributing components. The temperature throughout these dates reached from the mid to excessive 90s.
In a Clark County information launch, Stephanie Wheatley mentioned their report on heat-related deaths solely contains instances the place the identification is confirmed and the household is notified.
She mentioned 90% of the instances take as much as 90 days to analyze the trigger and method of demise, so the variety of deaths in Could may improve in a future report.
In response to the county, warmth was an element within the deaths of 527 individuals in 2024; a record-breaking 12 months for warm temperatures.
