Hottest US city, buffeted by extreme temperatures, sees 579 heat-related in 2023, with large proportion among unhoused people Heat deaths surged by 50% in Phoenix in 2023 – the deadliest year on ...

PHOENIX — The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county — still being tallied after the area's hottest summer ever recorded — has soared over 360, alarming public ...

Phoenix has entered the deadly hot phase of summer, when sustained daytime temperatures stress bodies and simmering nights offer little relief. Climate warming and urban magnification of heat have ...

After two years of record breaking heat that brought a surge of deaths and health emergencies, several states have enacted or ...

PHOENIX — Arizona's Maricopa County set a new record Thursday for annual heat-associated deaths, with 425 tallied so far this year, the same number confirmed for all of 2022. Maricopa County ...

Phoenix will launch a new overnight heat relief program next summer and a slew of homelessness services programs using nearly $20 million in federal funds the city was at risk of losing.