‘A break from the heat’: Americans most affected by climate crisis head midwest | Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 1 month ago

Went to Miami a couple of times for work, they warned me about the humidity, I dismissed it as I grew up in a former swampy area, next to a bigass river, an area known for its unrelenting humid heat.

I had no idea it could be so much worse.

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