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Extreme heat is happening; here’s how to stay safe

6/11/2021
With temperatures expected to hit 110 degrees Saturday, June 12, and as high as 117 degrees throughout the coming week, the Salvation Army is activating emergency heat relief stations around the Valley, and health officials are advising residents to look out for themselves and their neighbors.

Nature Conservancy aims to stem heat impacts in …

5/24/2021
Phoenix is getting hotter as the years go by, and now one environmental organization hopes to create community leaders in its efforts to mitigate the devastating impacts of urban heat.

Harshman: Heat-related illnesses, deaths are …

5/4/2021
Can you feel it? The temperature is rising. Summer is just around the corner, and soon we will find ourselves mopping the sweat off our brows while silently questioning our life choices. Why in …

Valley could see record high heat for Easter weekend

4/1/2021
Easter Weekend is likely to bring some record high temperatures to the Valley.

Salvation Army to activate relief stations over Labor …

9/3/2020
West Valley residents who need a place to cool off as temperatures soar as high as 118 degrees over the Labor Day weekend can head to one of four Salvation Army relief stations.

Watch out for the most vulnerable among us during heat …

7/14/2020
It was a real hot one this weekend as temperatures reached a whopping 114 degrees; the high heat means we all are going need to take steps to stay cool and really watch out for the most vulnerable among us.

Heat-related illnesses and deaths are preventable

5/1/2020
We have already had our first of many triple digit days to come. The heat isn’t just inconvenient; it’s dangerous.

Eighth Annual Code:Red Summer Heat Relief campaign …

4/24/2020
The Phoenix Rescue Mission launches its eighth annual city-wide Code:Red Summer Heat Relief Campaign to ensure that the Valley’s homeless population and at-risk individuals do not succumb to the hot summer.

Heat dangers linger; Despite monsoon, Valley notches …

8/23/2019
Typically, during the onset of monsoon season and the rising humidity which accompanies late-summer, Valley residents get some relief to the triple-digit heat …

Summer heat, dangers persist; County attorney urges …

8/8/2019
“The tragedy is in inverse proportion to the ease of preventing.” That was the message this week from County Attorney Bill Montgomery after reports of …

Montgomery: Keep kids and pets safe — don’t leave …

8/8/2019
We are in the last month of our summer-long “Don’t Leave Me Behind” Vehicular Heatstroke Campaign; but even as we look toward a triumphant conclusion we cannot let our guard down as it is still …

Roszak: Keep your kids, pets safe this summer

7/22/2019
A needless tragedy claimed the life of a child in the Nashville-area earlier this month – after being left alone in a car, a 3-year-old Smyrna boy died of heatstroke. His father was subsequently …