How a Storm Triggered a City-Wide Asthma Attack
A very weird way a thunderstorm might kill you. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks...
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In November 2016, on a very hot day in Melbourne, Australia, a thunderstorm rolled into town. And suddenly, thousands of people found themselves struggling to breathe; a strange outbreak of asthma, sparked by a storm. In just five hours, paramedics were called nearly 2,000 times. By the end, nine people had died, and hospitals had treated 8,500 patients. So, what happened? Well, thankfully, an event like this is rare, but it has happened before. It’s known as thunderstorm asthma. Several other instances of thunderstorm asthma have been documented in the US, Canada, England,and Italy. This latest event, though, was the most severe we know of. Previously, only one person had died from thunderstorm asthma, and the largest attack affected just a few hundred...
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In November 2016, on a very hot day in Melbourne, Australia, a thunderstorm rolled into town. And suddenly, thousands of people found themselves struggling to breathe; a strange outbreak of asthma, sparked by a storm. In just five hours, paramedics were called nearly 2,000 times. By the end, nine people had died, and hospitals had treated 8,500 patients. So, what happened? Well, thankfully, an event like this is rare, but it has happened before. It’s known as thunderstorm asthma. Several other instances of thunderstorm asthma have been documented in the US, Canada, England,and Italy. This latest event, though, was the most severe we know of. Previously, only one person had died from thunderstorm asthma, and the largest attack affected just a few hundred...
