Excessive heat causes more deaths in the U.S. than hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes combined. It's especially dangerous for America's homeless.
PHOENIX — Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun's searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer's triple digit temperatures arrive.
People are also reading… Excessive heat causes more weather-related deaths in the United States than hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes combined. "If 130 homeless people were dying in any other way it would be considered a mass casualty event," said Kristie L. Ebi, a professor of global health at the University of Washington.
In Oregon, officials opened 24-hour cooling centers for the first time. Volunteer teams fanned out with water and popsicles to homeless encampments on Portland's outskirts. This spring, an extreme heat wave gripped much of Pakistan and India, where homelessness is widespread due to discrimination and insufficient housing. The high in Jacobabad, Pakistan near the border with India hit 122 degrees in May.
Spain and southern France last week sweltered through unusually hot weather for mid-June, with temperatures hitting 104 degrees in some areas. In Las Vegas, teams deliver bottled water to homeless people living in encampments around the county and inside a network of underground storm drains under the Las Vegas strip.
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