Reyna Preciado is KGUN 9's Southside and City of South Tucson reporter. Send your story ideas to Reyna at [email protected].
TUCSON, Ariz. — As temperatures continue climbing in the Sonoran desert, the heat shows just how dangerous it can be. Just last week, the heat claimed the lives of three migrants in Ajo, Arizona.Still, the extreme heat does not call for emergency federal funding. On June 17th, the Center for Biological Diversity urged FEMA to change this.
In addition, 2023 was also the warmest year on record. Earth's average temperature climbed to 59°F, NASA confirmed. Last year was also when the Pima County Medical Examiner office changed how it kept track of heat-related deaths. Heat-caused deaths are directly caused by heat, like hyperthermia. Heat-contributed deaths include those in which heat may not be the direct cause, but still contributed in causing the death.
The heat-caused and heat-contributed deaths are grouped into one category: heat-related deaths. This clarifies how many people died because of the heat across areas of Southern Arizona.
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