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Oct 19, 2023
Maricopa County has new record for heat-associated deaths after the hottest summer
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.
Sep 29, 2023
‘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.
