as a phoenix Cold morgue preparation Heat-related deaths surged, with Maricopa experiencing its second fatality this summer.
Two Maricopa residents died of febrile complications this summer in what was becoming the hottest summer on record, according to the Pinal County coroner’s office.
A 79-year-old man from Maricopa died around 6:50 p.m. on July 21 from heart disease “aggravated by environmental heat exposure,” the coroner reported. The death was ruled an accident.
The first heat death recorded this summer was on June 21, when a 57-year-old man died of heart disease attributed to exercise and heat exposure.
As of July 22, heat deaths in Pinal County nearly tripled from four to 11. Inmaricopa It was reported earlier this week.
The latest seven additions were made in just eight days, from July 14th to 22nd.
The temperature that week was between 109 and 119 degrees. According to Weather Underground, this is much higher than the average of 101-107 degrees.
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The latest fatality occurred during the longest-running extreme heat warning ever in central Arizona, where daily afternoon temperatures range from 112 degrees to 117 degrees.
“The month isn’t over yet, but it will be the hottest month on record,” National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Kuhlman said Monday. At the time, it was the third week in a row that an excessive heat warning was in effect in the region.
The county coroner has yet to confirm whether the heat was responsible for the mysterious death of a 47-year-old Maricopa woman in a roadside ditch earlier this week.
