A Growing Summertime Risk for Cities: Power Failures During Heat Waves The growing risk of overlapping heat waves and power failures poses a severe threat that major American cities are not prepared for, according to a new study. Power failures have increased by more than 60 percent since 2015 in three large U.S. cities, the research found. As climate change intensifies heat waves, at least two-thirds of residents in those cities would be exposed to heat-related illness. (The New York Times)
