frostbite risk
Exposure injury threat
Frostbite risk is the likelihood of tissue damage from freezing, assessed based on temperature, wind chill, and exposure time.
Weather services issue frostbite risk warnings when conditions could cause injury within minutes: With wind chills of minus forty, frostbite risk is extreme—exposed skin can freeze in under ten minutes.
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- frostbittenDamaged by severe cold
- exposureState of being unprotected
- wind chill factorPerceived temperature from moving air
- numbnessLoss of sensation
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