Hazard
Extreme Heat
A period of unusually high temperatures that can harm health, stress infrastructure, and increase demand for water and energy.
What is Extreme Heat?
A period of unusually high temperatures that can harm health, stress infrastructure, and increase demand for water and energy.
Organizations
- Entergy Mississippi
- Grand River Dam Authority
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric
- Generator Source
- ClimateAI AI climate-risk forecasting and adaptation intelligence.
- Public Service Company of New Mexico
- TreeNewal
- Cobb EMC
- Jackson EMC
- Houston Public Works Water
- San Antonio Water System
- Gen-Tech
- Taylor Power Systems
- Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
- Associated Electric Cooperative
- Gainesville Regional Utilities
- Alabama Electric Cooperative / PowerSouth
- AccuWeather Weather forecasting, warnings and mobile alerting.
- United Power
- Evergy
- National Standby Repair
- NV Energy
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Southwestern Electric Power Company
Related Capabilities
Nonprofits
- Forest Stewards Guild Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- American Forests Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Conservation International Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Western Fire Chiefs Association Foundation Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Megafire Action Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- American Flood Coalition Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- National Wildlife Federation Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Climate Resilience Fund Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Wildfire Conservancy Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Watershed Research and Training Center Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Trust for Public Land Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Wetlands International Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc. Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
- C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Advances climate adaptation, wildfire risk reduction, flood resilience, land stewardship, nature-based mitigation, or community adaptation.
Geographic Activity
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- United States
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Texas
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Nebraska
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Arizona
- Alabama
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Cite this record
PREPHAUS, “Extreme Heat,” PREPHAUS Resilience Network, https://prep.haus/network/hazards/extreme-heat.