Extreme weather is increasingly landing Australians in hospital, with extreme heat accounting for more than three in four weather-related hospitalisations in the past 10 years, according to new government data.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on Thursday released a report for the first time assessing the impact of four extreme weather events on hospitalisations and deaths from 2012–13 to 2021–22, including extreme heat, extreme cold, bushfires and rain and storms.
