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2public health is generally the health of a population. Climate change affects public health inmany ways. Extreme events are one of the impacts of climate change on public health. Extremeevents are weather or climate conditions such as drought, floods, storms and temperatures thatare unseasonal and unexpected that occur differently from the range in the past. These eventsaffect human health by causing death, illness and social-economic impacts (Luber &Prudent,2009).extreme temperature affects the food system by causing pressure on food availability dueto a decrease in production and accessibility to areas that can provide during these seasons.When there is less food in the community, less fortunate people are likely to be affected. Itcauses malnutrition and deaths due to a lack of food. It affects the health of people by causingexhaustion and heat-related diseases. Heat-related complications are likely to increase during thistime, leading to a high risk for those with chronic diseases. High temperatures lead to intenseheat waves and evaporation. Some seasons like drought and can lead to wildfires .wildfire affects

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