When the humidity is high, sweat will not evaporate as quickly, preventing the body from releasing heat quickly. Several factors affect the body’s ability to cool itself during extremely hot weather. Very high body temperatures may damage the brain or other vital organs. In such cases, a person’s body temperature rises rapidly. But under some conditions, sweating just isn’t enough. The body normally cools itself by sweating.
People suffer heat-related illness when the body’s temperature control system is overloaded.
