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Saving lives: Valley cities work to avoid repeat of 2023’s record-setting heat deaths

Valley cities work to avoid repeat of 2023’s record-setting heat deaths

Posted 8/7/24

It’s a grim milestone no city or county wants to reach. In 2023, there were 645 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, an increase of 50% over the previous year. Of those, more than half, 395, …

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