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‘Like a frying pan’: Extreme heat overwhelms Phoenix’s unhoused community
Those practicing street medicine for the unhoused population in Phoenix see the effects of heat on their patients. As of Sept. 12, the number of confirmed heat-associated deaths in Maricopa County this year had risen to 202, more than the 175 confirmed heat-associated deaths for all of 2022.
Across Southwest, residents in desert cities like Phoenix are experiencing extreme heat wave
Even Southwestern desert residents accustomed to scorching summers are feeling the grip of an extreme heat wave smacking Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California this week with 100-degree-plus temps and excessive heat warnings.
Health, homelessness are linked, and must be addressed, advocates say
Sister Adele O’Sullivan said Mr. 280 was a homeless man with chronic mental illness whose trips in and out of the hospital racked up bills of more than $358,000 over several years.
