Heat Deaths Topped 360 In Arizona’s Maricopa County This Year
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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 […]
Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms
phoenix – Postman Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the stifling heat of Dallas this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital where he died. Kara Gates, who is still awaiting the autopsy report, said she believes the heat played a role in her 66-year-old husband’s death. […]
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 […]
FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Rain chance for Yuma County as excessive heat warning could expire
Rain is likely to return to the southwestern desert as the excessive heat is expected to subside. YUMA, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – High pressure in the region will taper off over the next few days, but unusually hot conditions will continue today with afternoon highs of around 110 degrees Celsius across the lower desert. is. […]
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 […]
Crossings along U.S.-Mexico border jump as migrants defy extreme heat and asylum restrictions
Yuma, Arizona —Migration across the southern border illegally, especially through the inhospitable Arizona desert, fell for the first time in two years in June despite record heat, according to government data obtained by CBS News. After slumping to a low level of Border Patrol forces in the Tucson area, which covers most of the Arizona-Mexico […]
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, […]
