Heat Deaths Topped 360 In Arizona’s Maricopa County This Year

Now playing Death toll rises in Phoenix due to deadly heat 00:56 Next is next First big snowstorm and cold weather along the way 01:07 If you use all hurricane names, something like this will happen 00:57 Track Tammy and new tropical cyclones 00:56 Flood threat due to approach of Tropical Storm Otis 00:53 Money-saving […]

Phoenix Area Official Heat Deaths Climb After Record-Breaking Summer

play Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter Get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and meteorologists. Heat-related deaths in Arizona’s most populous county continue to be tallied after the region recorded its hottest summer ever. It jumped to over 360public health officials warn the final count is sure to set a new record. […]

Maricopa County matches all-time record for heat deaths

Phoenix (3TV/CBS 5) — The Maricopa County Department of Public Health announced that the county has tied an all-time record for annual heatstroke deaths. The number of deaths due to heat stroke in the county is rapidly increasing every year as the population increases, and the annual total exceeds previous records. The number of confirmed […]

Extreme heat has killed 63 people in Pima County so far this summer

Pima County, Arizona (CNN) — At least 147 people have died in just five counties in the U.S. heatwave, coroners have reported — just a snapshot of the death toll this scorching summer has brought. . And experts say this estimate is likely to be far lower than the actual number of lives lost in […]

Arizona Democrat to raise extreme heat with Biden 1 year out from Senate primary

When President Joe Biden arrives in the village of Grand Canyon, Arizona, on Monday, he will join us in presenting the heat wave bill that President Joe Biden has introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives as the Southwest struggles with record temperatures. this summer. “I’m going to drive over and meet him on the […]

Excessive Heat Warning issued for Graham and Greenlee Counties

Posted by: Staff July 6, 2023 The National Weather Service has extended the duration of extreme heat warnings for seven Arizona counties: Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Coconino (areas below 4,000 feet elevation). This warning is valid until Friday, July 7, 2023. Daytime temperatures are expected to reach 116 degrees Celsius in […]

Water, heat, short-term rentals high on Hobbs’ legislative radar

PHOENIX — Extensive post-session interviews with Gov. Katie Hobbs and Capitol Media Services yielded a few other points. water The governor said he is considering whether changes to Arizona law regarding who can lease state land and what uses are allowed there are needed. All of this came to the fore following reports that Fondmonte, […]

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