Phoenix, Arizona, experienced a record-breaking heat wave in July, with temperatures above 110°F for 31 straight days. Health workers say hospitals have been inundated with patients suffering from potentially fatal heat stroke
Health workers say hospitals have been inundated with patients suffering from heat-stroke, sometimes life-threatening.Dr. Frank LoVecchio, Valleywise Health in Phoenix.At noon, the record temperature is 109F but the surface temperature is a furnace-like 150F. A construction worker drinks water and the camera shows his body is at 105F.
Despite its location in the Sonoran Desert - which stretches across the U.S. southwest and into northern Mexico - Phoenix has become a favorite place for retirees, attracted by year-round sun and its ochre mountain backdrop. An unhoused man poses for a picture inside a cooling station near downtown in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
People attend a baseball game at the indoor air-conditioned Arizona Diamondbacks stadium in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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