The predicted number, which includes deaths since June, likely represents an underestimate of total deaths. The heat could linger beyond February, and the climate swing could bring about other life-threatening conditions, including flooding, wildfire and infectious diseases
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This month is expected to be the busiest September for number of named tropical storms for the Pacific, and half of them were cat4/5.
Also had the 3rd or 4th fastest hurricane on record to go from a tropical storm to cat5.