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Baranyai: People have to do better as heat gets worse

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Robin Baranyai : Extreme heat warnings stretched from Windsor to Timmins ; humidex values climbed to the mid-40s .

In Toronto , panic over rolling pool closures led Mayor Olivia Chow to look into potentially hiring a “chief heat officer” The job title, already found in cities from Athens to L.A. , is likely to become more common.

By the turn of the century , up to three-quarters of the people living on this planet could be exposed to life-threatening heat.

VR Score

71

Informative language

73

Neutral language

19

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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1