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BENI MELLAL, Morocco (AP) — In the unrelenting heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. Hanna Ouhbour needed refuge too, but she was outside a hospital waiting for her diabetic cousin who was in a room without air conditioning.

On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related deaths at Beni Mellal’s main hospital as temperatures spiked to 48.3 degrees (118.9 degrees Fahrenheit) in the region of 575,000 people, most lacking air conditioning.

“We don’t have money and we don’t have a choice,” said Ouhbour, a 31-year-old unemployed woman from Kasba Tadla, an even warmer city that some experts say is among the hottest on Earth.

“The majority of the deaths were among people suffering from chronic diseases and the elderly, as the high temperatures contributed to the deterioration of their health condition and led to their death,” Kamal Elyansli, the regional director of health, said in a statement.

This is life and death in the heat.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Of course this shows up when I am sorting by hot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Why don't we all help them out? Everyone crank up your AC and open the windows. We'll kick global warming's ass in no time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

How hard can it be to get a giant block of ice from another planet and drop it in to cool us down, thus solving earth's climate change forever?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I’m pretty sure the energy gained from the ice falling into the Earth’s gravity well would exceed its cooling capacity by an order of magnitude or two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Let's goooo allreeaaddyyy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Like the ice cubes in dad's drink before he get mad? ;-)

Not sure everyone here knows their Futurama.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Well that's not the issue. But I like the spirit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

We should send them some popsicles

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I can tell you what it's like because I've been living and working in one of the hottest climates in the world for my whole life.