New York records 13 deaths due to a cold wave that has hit it since last month
Recorded New York 13 deaths due to hypothermia in the midst of A frost wave has been hitting the city and many areas in the United States since last January, as the authorities announced on Monday.
He said Mayor of New York Zahran Mamdani The city "It may be in the midst of the longest continuous period of temperatures staying below 32 F (0 C) in its history"
He added in a statement to reporters that 16 New Yorkers died during the cold wave.
It is believed that hypothermia played a role in 13 cases, while the remaining three cases were deaths due to drug overdoses.
The mayor said that none of these deceased were sleeping in a tent on the street at the time of death.
Some of them had previously contacted shelter agencies.
930 Sheltering operation
Mamdani said that the city had set up warming centers and activated a fleet of 20 vehicles equipped with teams of health care professionals.
He continued: "As of this morning, we have conducted more than 930 placements in shelters and safe havens, and have involuntarily removed 18 New Yorkers who were found to be a danger to themselves or others"
Between 2005 and 2020, the death toll recorded from frost-related deaths in New York ranged between 9 and 27 annually, according to official statistics, and this number rose to 34 in 2021 and 54 in 2022.
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