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In 2023, 645 people died of heat or heat-related causes in Maricopa County. By mid-August this year, 114 people had died and authorities were investigating another 465 deaths. It has always been ...
Maricopa's data is broken down into zip codes and the area with the most heat-related deaths is the city of Mesa, east of Phoenix. Last year there were 579 confirmed and 56 suspected deaths ...
Maricopa County, the hottest metropolitan area in the U.S. and home to Phoenix, reported this week that 361 heat-associated deaths have been confirmed this year as of Oct. 7. Another 238 deaths ...
Another seven heat-associated deaths were confirmed over the last week in America’s hottest big metro, health officials reported Wednesday, amid a blistering heat wave with daytime highs over ...
Arizona’s largest county shattered its record for heat-related deaths in 2023, a grim reminder of how dangerous last summer’s heat waves were for people vulnerable to rising temperatures.
As of Aug. 31, there has been at least 177 confirmed heat-related deaths in Maricopa County this year. Another 436 deaths are under investigation as heat-related. ... Heat wave forecast in Phoenix ...
This year's number far exceeds 2022's 359 confirmed heat-associated deaths in the county. There remain 91 deaths being investigated from last year.
The report said two-thirds of the county's heat-related deaths in 2023 were people 50 years or older, and 71% were on days the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning.