Summer 2023 brought an immense surge in heat deaths. It's left to the Maricopa County medical examiner's office to compile the grim count.

Heat records have been falling like dominoes this year, especially in Arizona. You might even be tired of hearing about it.

Daytime temperatures in the 110s and nighttimes at or above 90 degrees stress bodies and may raise Arizona's death count.

Hottest US city, buffeted by extreme temperatures, sees 579 heat-related in 2023, with large proportion among unhoused people Heat deaths surged by 50% in Phoenix in 2023 – the deadliest year on ...

PHOENIX — Arizona's Maricopa County set a new record Thursday for annual heat-associated deaths, with 425 tallied so far this year, the same number confirmed for all of 2022. Maricopa County ...

After two years of record breaking heat that brought a surge of deaths and health emergencies, several states have enacted or ...

Phoenix will launch a new overnight heat relief program next summer and a slew of homelessness services programs using nearly $20 million in federal funds the city was at risk of losing.