Health experts give advice to avoid heat risks ahead of the upcoming heatwave
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
With the heat index on Wednesday and Thursday ranging from 100 to 110, health experts are advising people to take precautions during the heatwave.
With heat being the leading weather-related killer, MU Health Care s emergency medicine physician, Doctor Christopher Sampson, said people need to be cognizant of risks of dehydration, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. You really want to make sure before you even leave the house that you re well hydrated. If you re already thirsty, then you re behind the game and need to get some fluids in you, Sampson said.
COLUMBIA - As the weather starts heating up, mid-Missouri has many ways for people to stay cool.
The Activity & Recreation Center in Columbia provides two cool hallways for people to sit down, drink some water and relax for a bit.
For Leroy Sharp, a Columbia citizen since 1968, cooling centers such as the ARC aid in his health, especially as a cancer patient. I have all kinds of activities going on but to exercise and saying cool is one of the reasons I m right here, Sharp said.
Sharp bikes one hour a day three times a week, but when it s hot, he s at the cooling center getting his workout in.
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WEATHER ALERT DAY: Dangerously cold for another morning
TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Try to avoid being on the roads, as conditions will struggle to improve and temperatures will be dangerously cold. If you need to venture out, know what you re going to do in case you slide off. Be prepared to survive the elements until help arrives.
The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day with another round of snow and dangerously cold temperatures Monday and Monday night. Frostbite can occur in less than 30 minutes as cold as it will be.
SYNOPSIS
The Arctic air that invaded last weekend is getting some help. The Tropospheric Polar Vortex that keeps Polar air locked up around the Arctic Circle broke down last weekend and is going to rotate down some more of it. When the area of low pressure holding back the Arctic Air breaks down, that opens the gates for that air to move south.