Extreme weather events pose particular challenges to populations. The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events is predicted to rise as a result of climate variability [8]. The effects of disasters such as floods, extreme droughts, storms and hurricanes on human health seem to be mostly indirect (mediated through vector and waterborne diseases), nevertheless, acute injuries, fatalities and mental health illnesses are also significant public health outcomes but their management and prevention (disaster preparedness and response planning) are beyond the scope of this study. The problems of heat stress and heat stress-related mortality are considered an area of major direct impact because of the severity of the outcome (death) and increased political sensitivity [8], [34]. The intense 2003 European heat wave caused the death of 22,000–35,000 mainly elderly persons [34], [35].