As the heat and humidity across the Chicago area builds, we’re keeping track of updates here.
Chicago-area schools cancel athletic activities, plan for early dismissal
Schools around the Chicago area are tweaking their schedules and making alterations to their activities in coming days because of the heat.will cancel all outdoor athletic games on Wednesday and Thursday, and will move all practices indoors on those datessays it will keep students inside for recess, physical education, athletics and other activities both Wednesday and Thursdaywill shift to half-day schedules beginning Wednesday, with school dismissing at 12:10 p.m. for the remainder of the week.
"The biggest problem is, once again, the way that our body usually dissipates heat to keep our temperature where it should be is through sweating and then evaporation of that sweat off the bod," Lewis said, adding that with high temperatures and high humidity,"what happens is, it's very hard for our body to evaporate that heat or that perspiration."
"So we really can't cool ourselves. And that's where we get into trouble during these weather conditions," he said. can include confusion, loss of consciousness, hot, dry skin, seizures, or high body temperature. Heat exhaustion symptoms can include muscle cramps, headaches, dizziness and more.The city of Chicago has announced it will open additional cooling centers, and will extend cooling center hours, amid dangerously-high heat indices in the area.
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