A city official said the building management company wouldn't turn the heat off in a senior housing facility despite outdoor temperatures reaching the 90s.
start calling the elderly and frail, and turn city buildings into 24-hour cooling centers when temperatures become oppressive.
Wellenius said statistics show that while well over 80% of homes in cities such as Dallas and Phoenix have air conditioning, the percentage is far lower in cities like Boston and New York. In a study published in 2020, Wellenius and other researchers estimated that nationwide about 5,600 deaths a year could be attributed to high heat — eight times more than the 700 heat-related deaths that are study found were officially reported each year.
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