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Keyword: Heat Deaths

Saving lives: Valley cities work to avoid repeat of …

8/7/2024
It’s a grim milestone no city or county wants to reach. In 2023, there were 645 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, an increase of 50% over the previous year. Of those, more than half, 395, …

4 border deaths in Texas could be a preview of the …

6/24/2019
4 border deaths in Texas could be a preview of the summer By DAVID WARREN and CEDAR ATTANASIO , Associated Press Two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead near the U.S.-Mexican border, …

First heat-related death reported in Maricopa County …

6/5/2019
As the Valley comes out of cooler-than-usual temperatures, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health has confirmed an older adult is the county’s first death due to heat-related illness this …